Environmental review Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

PRESS RELEASE: Transfers, groundwater overuse, voluntary agreements, and lots of $$$: Aqualliance and allies sue Glenn Colusa Irrigation District

February 6, 2025

Press release from AquAlliance AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network...

USBR: Biden-Harris Administration leaves Colorado River Basin on path to success

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

January 18, 2025

Alternatives report released today provides detailed data to support consensus agreement for post-2026 Colorado River operations to prevent catastrophic drought...

THE CENTER SQUARE: Newsom, Biden unveil new water plan amid drought, fish protection debate

The Center Square

Water project operations

January 6, 2025

By Madeline Armstrong, The Center Square California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden-Harris Administration reached a long-awaited agreement on the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups claim California’s State Water Project will harm endangered fish and the environment

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations Water rights and water law

November 28, 2024

The California State Water Project is a system of reservoirs, aqueducts, power plants and pumping plants that delivers water to...

NEPA DOCS AVAILABLE: Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Water Reduction Program

Bureau of Reclamation News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 27, 2024

From the Bureau of Reclamation: In order to improve egg incubation conditions for winter-run Chinook salmon species in the Upper...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Despite Biden Administration proposals to address Colorado River shortages, a solution is far off

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

November 22, 2024

Colorado River users are in tense negotiations over the critical waterway’s future as climate-driven drought and overuse continue to diminish...

NEVADA CURRENT: Feds release long-term Colorado River management options, including water cutbacks

Nevada Current

Colorado River

November 21, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Amid stalled negotiations over how to manage the troubled Colorado River in the coming decades,...

PRESS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Puts Colorado River on Path to Success

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

November 21, 2024

Investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda have staved off crisis in the Colorado River Basin. Alternatives released today...

USBR: Reclamation reaches major milestone on proposed operation of the Central Valley Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

November 15, 2024

Final environmental document analyzes alternatives and responds to public comments Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of...

DWR: 2024 Final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and Suisun Bay

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS Water project operations

October 31, 2024

The Department of Water Resources has posted the final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in...

CAL MATTERS: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes.

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation Water project operations

October 25, 2024

Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could...

PRESS RELEASE: Groups reply to Sites Reservoir court ruling, Newsom comments

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water rights and water law

September 25, 2024

Press release from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River, and Save Our Salmon: On Friday September 20,...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California scores legal win on appeal over Sites Reservoir project

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

September 21, 2024

The reservoir hit a stumbling block this week over obtaining necessary permitting, though it’s not expected to significantly affect the...

SITES JPA: Third District Court of Appeal rules in favor of Sites Project Authority on CEQA challenge

Sites Project Authority

Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

September 21, 2024

From the Sites Project Authority: On September 20, 2024, the Third District Court of Appeal released an opinion upholding the...

PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir project clears legal hurdle thanks to streamlining law

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Policy and regulation

September 20, 2024

From the Office of the Governor: The Sites Reservoir project just cleared another major hurdle after Governor Gavin Newsom had...