SJV WATER: Judge orders Bakersfield to keep water in the Kern River SJV Water Water rights and water law October 31, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what one attorney called a “moment of truth” for the City of Bakersfield, a...
PRESS RELEASE: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Keep Water in the Kern River Press Release/Notice Water rights and water law October 30, 2023Press release from Water Audit California Today, the Kern County Superior Court granted Water Audit California’s and other joint plaintiffs’...
AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon Ag Alert Agriculture October 18, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott...
SJV WATER: Kern River legal wrangling raises questions about how – or whether – the river can serve the needs of people, fish and ag SJV Water Water rights and water law October 14, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp came back several times during an Oct. 13...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups seek change to water flows for California’s Kern River Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law October 13, 2023By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A Kern County judge heard arguments Friday in a case targeting water flows in...
SJV WATER: Court to consider cutting water diversions out of Kern River SJV Water Water rights and water law October 3, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water A preliminary injunction that could cut water being taken out of the Kern River if...
AG ALERT: Water board hits pause on flows for Scott, Shasta rivers Ag Alert Policy and regulation August 23, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California State Water Resources Control Board held off on a decision to set minimum...
SJV WATER: High water in the Kern River brings new legal issues as local group seeks to keep water in the riverbed SJV Water Water rights and water law August 10, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water A local group that’s suing the City of Bakersfield for how it manages the Kern...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesScience July 13, 2023By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
WEBINAR: Machine Learning for Rivers: How Data Science Can Inform Water Management in California Maven Webinars May 23, 2023From the California Water Data Consortium: Water management in California is plagued by missing data. Typical questions include: How much...
DR. JEFFREY MOUNT: California Drought: What will it take to protect species? Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 15, 2023The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in...
CAL MATTERS: Rural ranchers face $4,000 proposed fine for violating state drought order Cal Matters Water rights and water law November 7, 2022The penalty is the maximum the ranchers — who pumped Shasta River water for eight days — could face under...
GUEST ARTICLE: Building Blocks – Tools for Creating an Environmental Block of Water Barry Nelson Best of the NotebookCommentary July 18, 2022Commentary by Barry Nelson, a water policy consultant who has been involved in Bay-Delta issues for more than thirty years...
NOTICE Of Public Meeting and Release of Preliminary Changes to Drought Emergency Regulation for Scott River and Shasta River Watersheds State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS May 19, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Notice of Public Meeting and Release of Preliminary Changes to Drought Emergency...
DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: The California Environmental Flows Framework Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features April 7, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] California water is a seemingly unending battle of allocating an often scarce resource among cities, farms, and the environment. ...
