SFEWS: State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, plus endangered smelt indices and freshwater inflows Guest Contributor Delta science September 2, 2025From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation, tribal groups notify State Water Board: Trump’s Bureau of Reclamation is not a reliable partner, and is pushing the Bay’s endangered fish to extinction San Francisco Baykeeper Policy and regulation May 17, 2025From the San Francisco Baykeeper: A coalition of eight organizations today alerted the California Water Resources Control Board that the...
CAL MATTERS: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes. Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater project operations October 25, 2024Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could...
DWR NEWS: Using science to protect and track salmon and steelhead Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife May 23, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: Department of Water Resources (DWR) scientists wanted to understand why high numbers of Chinook...
FEATURE: New National Academies study tackles the wickedest of problems: Can California have its water and save its fish too? Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesWater project operations April 8, 2024by Robin Meadows The San Francisco Bay-Delta is already among the most intensively studied ecosystems in the world. Now 18...
PRESS RELEASE: Groups say the state must stop the ongoing killing of federally protected salmon and steelhead by the Central Valley Project and State Water Project Conservation organizations & coalitions Water project operations April 3, 2024Press release from the Golden State Salmon Association, The Bay Institute, Defenders of Wildlife, and San Francisco Baykeeper State and...
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...
USBR: Moving Water, Protecting Fish: Tracy Fish Collecting Facility helps ensure unhindered water exports Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations August 25, 2022By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Every two hours, a large, funnel-shaped container at the Tracy Fish Collecting Facility releases...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Federal Judge’s Order Protects Steelhead Trout Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWater project operations May 12, 2020To protect the spring migration of threatened California trout species, a federal judge Monday halted the Trump administration’s bid to...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California State Water Project Draws Ire of Environmentalists Courthouse News Service Water project operations April 29, 2020Environmentalists say the State Water Project — California’s complex system of pumps and aqueducts that delivers water to thirsty farms...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge Denies Bid to Close Gates on Federal Water Grab in California Delta Courthouse News Service Policy and regulationWater project operations April 7, 2020By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service Taking advantage of recently approved rules, the federal government is quickly following through on...
Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 7, 2016Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...
Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 6, 2016Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...