CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 15, 2023The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...
THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board rescinds emergency conservation mandate imposed on dozens of communities Metropolitan Water District Policy and regulation March 15, 2023Southern Californians asked to continue using water efficiently to prepare for uncertainty of Colorado River water supplies, by increasing storage...
JEANINE JONES: Drought and lessons learned Maven HydrologyNotebook News and Features March 1, 2023At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Jeanine Jones took the commissioners through the history of past droughts...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge extends plan to manage flows to California Delta and protect endangered fish Courthouse News Service Water project operationsWater rights and water law February 27, 2023A federal judge said the court’s solution is the only one available to protect threatened fish since no one can...
STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: State Water Contractors Respond to Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Order State Water Contractors Policy and regulation February 14, 2023Press release from the State Water Contractors: Yesterday, Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order (EO) N-3-23 to build water resilience...
THE CONVERSATION: A new strategy for western states to adapt to long-term drought: Customized water pricing The Conversation Planning and management February 13, 2023By Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, for...
DWR NEWS: DWR, Reclamation Submit Request to Adjust Water Right Permit Conditions to Conserve Storage Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations February 13, 2023From DWR News Following the driest three-year period on record, California experienced one of the wettest three weeks in January....
THIS JUST IN …Governor Newsom Signs Order to Build Water Resilience Amid Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Groundwater News February 13, 2023From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order to protect the state’s water supplies...
AG ALERT: Federal actions on water frustrate Klamath farmers Ag Alert Policy and regulation February 8, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A decades-long tussle over water continues at the California-Oregon border, as irrigators of the federal...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Wildfires are increasingly burning California’s snowy landscapes and colliding with winter droughts to shrink California’s snowpack Desert Research Institute HydrologyWildfires and watersheds February 1, 2023A new study shows that midwinter dry spells lead to dramatic losses of winter snowpack in burned areas By the...
CAL MATTERS: Is California’s drought over? Here’s what you need to know about rain, snow, reservoirs and drought Cal Matters Current Conditions January 12, 2023A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven’t ended the drought, and won’t cure the driest period in the...
STATELINE: Planning for Dry Times: The West Considers More Reservoirs and Aquifers Stateline Planning and management December 16, 2022by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...
METROPOLITAN IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Challenges ahead for Southern California’s water supplies Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management December 15, 2022A region-wide water allocation will be required should conditions remain dry Southern California’s water supply news remains dismal, with little...
CAL MATTERS: California drought: Water providers still predict shortages next year Cal Matters Current ConditionsPlanning and management December 13, 2022Despite December storms, water supplies remain low in many areas. Some managers expect to impose severe restrictions on their customers....
AG ALERT: Siskiyou County: Water delivery cuts hurt farmers, fail to benefit fish Ag Alert Policy and regulation November 30, 2022By Ryan Walker, Siskiyou County Farm Bureau The year 2022 has been one that few growers in Siskiyou County want...
