Endangered species

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Settles Fight Over Hoarded Dam Water

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations

July 21, 2020

Resolving an environmental lawsuit hatched during the state’s recent historic drought, California regulators on Tuesday promised new actions intended to...

LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT: Landmark Lawsuit Settlement Between Environmentalists and State Water Boards Strengthens Delta Protections

CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance

Water rights and water law

July 21, 2020

From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance: Three California environmental nonprofits secured a landmark settlement agreement with the California State Water...

LETTER: State Water Board rejects Reclamation’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

Maven

Water project operations

June 2, 2020

Yesterday, the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board sent a letter to Ernest Conant at the Bureau...

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

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Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

May 6, 2020

Webinar takes a deep dive into the state of salmon and steelhead, and provides recommendations for resiliency In 2005, the...

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: Draft Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

State Water Board

Water project operations

April 28, 2020

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is providing an opportunity for written public...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Tout Improved Odds for Survival of Colorado River Fish

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

January 21, 2020

Touting successful conservation efforts in recent decades, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it will reclassify a Colorado...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

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Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

December 19, 2019

Dr. Christina Swanson takes a look at the status of the San Francisco Estuary’s fish community The San Francisco estuary...

THIS JUST IN … State Agencies Lay Out Actions to Protect Endangered Species and Meet State Water Need

CA Natural Resources Agency

Water project operations

November 21, 2019

DWR issued draft Environmental Impact Report today; Agencies also intend to file litigation against federal government Newsom administration continues to...

THIS JUST IN … DWR moves to strengthen protections for fish, improve real-time management of State Water Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

November 21, 2019

Draft EIR released for long-term operations of the State Water Project From the Department of Water Resources: Moving to strengthen...

EXPLAINER: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

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Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

Maven

Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

February 21, 2018

In the fall of every year, an incredible phenomenon takes place in the Central Valley: the fall salmon run.  Adult...

CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: The Delta’s history and ecology take center stage

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EcosystemsNotebook News and Features

September 6, 2017

Dr. Bruce Herbold, Robin Grossinger, and Hap Dunning among the panelists on hand to discuss the Delta’s historic ecology, the...

THIS JUST IN … California WaterFix Receives Authorization under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

June 26, 2017

From the Department of Water Resources: “Federal agencies responsible for the protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act...

THIS JUST IN … New Report Shows 74 Percent of California’s Native Salmon, Steelhead and Trout Likely to Be Extinct in 100 Years, 45 Percent in 50 Years if Trends Continue

Cal Trout

Fish and wildlifeReports

May 16, 2017

“State of the Salmonids II: Fish in Hot Water” report details crisis, IDs opportunities to reverse trend From Cal Trout:...

PANEL DISCUSSION: ESA & Climate Change: Collision Course?

Maven

Climate changeNotebook News and Features

April 26, 2017

  With a new administration in Washington, DC that has taken a different view of environmental regulation, changes in the...