AG ALERT: Despite wet year, fish protections limit allocations Ag Alert Water project operations April 3, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert State and federal water providers have increased promised allocations after accounting for recent storms that...
DWR NEWS: State Water Project takes action to protect native fish species Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations March 21, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: Spring is an important time for water project operators to fill reservoirs ahead of...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental and fishing groups raise alarm about ongoing killing of federally protected fish by the Central Valley Project and State Water Project Conservation organizations & coalitions Water project operations March 9, 2024Press release from Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA), The Bay Institute, and Defenders of Wildlife On March 6, a coalition...
AG ALERT: Despite storms, water-delivery pledges remain low Ag Alert Current Conditions February 28, 2024By Ag Alert State and federal water officials last week announced preliminary water deliveries of 15% of requested supplies for...
USGS: Physics to fish: Habitat restoration for native fish populations in California’s Central Valley USGS Delta scienceEcosystemsReports February 10, 2024In a new report, U.S. Geological Survey scientists working in collaboration with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) have laid the...
HOOPA TRIBE: Pressure grows on Biden administration to set aside illegal Trump-era water contract with Westlands Water District Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law February 7, 2024Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity cite California Supreme Court, federal law, Tribal rights, and Biden policy in call...
PRESS RELEASE: Trinity County Calls on Interior Secretary to Terminate Trump-Era Water Contract, Cites Fishery Destruction and Financial Misconduct Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law November 20, 2023Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe Emerging victorious from a California Appeals Court ruling after a four-year battle against...
SJV WATER: Republican lawmaker seeks to undo Central Valley Project environmental protections SJV Water Policy and regulation November 17, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water More than 30 years ago, a piece of federal legislation dropped like a bomb on...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Blueprint seeks water reliability for San Joaquin Valley farmers Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary November 8, 2023By Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, posted at Ag Alert California’s San Joaquin Valley is...
SHASTA STORY MAP: Publication examines methodology for updated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations November 1, 2023From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today released “Applied Science and Analysis of Alternatives,” the second chapter...
HOOPA TRIBE PRESS RELEASE: Westlands asks California Supreme Court to overturn environmental restoration obligations, further decimating Trinity River fishery Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law October 16, 2023Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: In its latest effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in...
USBR NEWS: Record-setting winter leaves Central Valley Project well-positioned at start of 2024 water year Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations October 3, 2023Total reservoir storage of 8.17 million acre-feet more than double of last year From the Bureau of Reclamation: A record-setting...
PRESS RELEASE: State court blocks Trump federal contract with Westlands Water District for million acre-feet of Trinity River water Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law August 12, 2023Undisclosed finances and vague federal contract left court in the dark. Door now wide open for Biden administration to revise...
SJV WATER: Courts keep ruling against action tied to Westlands’ federal contract but it doesn’t mean much. Why not? SJV Water Water rights and water law August 9, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Center for Biological Diversity trumpeted a court ruling Monday that denied an appeal by...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California appeals court rules against Westlands Water District in dispute over its contract with feds Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law August 8, 2023The contract sought would have provided the district with permanent access to over one million acre-feet of water for agricultural...
