Napa/Sonoma Archives

PRESS RELEASE: North Coast Water Board makes historic move with vineyards to protect water quality, safeguard aquatic life

June 16, 2025

North Coast Water Board makes historic move with vineyards to protect water quality, safeguard aquatic life Press release from the...

NOTICE of Petitions for Temporary Urgency Change Petitions for Sonoma County Water Agency

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 25, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 11, 2025, Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) filed temporary urgency...

UC BERKELEY: A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

UC Berkeley

Ecosystems

April 3, 2025

Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Historic California drought harmed salmon, research shows

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

April 1, 2025

The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching their breeding grounds and...

UC BERKELEY: Diversity in coho salmon could be key to species survival

UC Berkeley

Ecosystems

February 25, 2025

Stone Center researchers uncover new link between species diversity and resilience From UC Berkeley’s Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship New...

AG ALERT: Sonoma livestock farms face threat in ballot measure

Ag Alert

Agriculture Water quality

October 2, 2024

By Caleb Hampton As voters cast their ballots in the coming weeks, farmers in Sonoma County say the future of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge tosses Napa winemaker’s fight over water wells

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

September 12, 2024

The judge found winemaker Jayson Woodbridge can’t show an injury since he hasn’t even applied for a well permit yet....

AG ALERT: Climate concerns inspire innovation in wine vineyards

Ag Alert

Agriculture

August 21, 2024

By Natalie Hanson As he does most mornings, Bernat Sort Costa walked through 160 acres of grapevines in American Canyon,...

High-flow releases from Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino on January 16, 2023.

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Northern California dam flood control operations found to harm endangered salmon

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations Water rights and water law

May 7, 2024

A federal judge ruled that Coyote Valley Dam’s flood control operations stir up sediment in the water, which can harm...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biologist squares off again with Army Corps of Engineers over endangered salmon protections

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

April 19, 2024

By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service The Army Corps of Engineers argued for the second time Thursday that a Northern...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: The Good Flood, Restoring a Sonoma Creek

Nate Seltenrich

Ecosystems

March 5, 2024

By Nate Seltenrich, Knee Deep Times Wooden fence posts poking just above the surface and tall oaks with their trunks...

NOTICE: Water Right Petitions for Temporary Urgency Changes in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 27, 2023

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Sonoma County Water Agency has filed petitions for temporary urgency changes for water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biologist asks judge to limit California dam’s impact on endangered salmon

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

October 18, 2023

U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said she could not issue an order recommending operational changes to the Coyote Valley...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Save Napa Valley Foundation applauds the return of discretion in discretionary decisions

Guest Contributor

Agriculture Commentary

October 11, 2023

From the Save Napa Valley Foundation: We at the Save Napa Valley Foundation (SNVF) write to share our firm belief...

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Anti-farming agenda blocks vineyard in Napa Valley

Ag Alert

Agriculture Commentary

September 20, 2023

By Peter Nissen, president of Nissen Vineyard Services and president of the Napa County Farm Bureau, and Ryan Klobas, CEO...