PRESS RELEASE: Groups urge water boards to investigate elevated toxic selenium releases to refuges, San Joaquin River, and SF Bay-Delta Estuary Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation April 11, 2024Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity and the Planning and Conservation League: Writing to three water boards April...
PRESS RELEASE: Groups and Tribe Urge Regulators to Control Toxic Pollution from Selenium Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater quality April 3, 2024From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In an April 1, 2024 letter to three water boards, fishing and conservation groups...
AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert Agriculture January 31, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought...
USBR NEWS: Watering up a major piece of the Pacific Flyway Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems November 21, 2023Reclamation funding improves delivery system at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area From the Bureau of Reclamation: In the shadow of the...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert AgricultureEcosystems October 25, 2023By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
CAL MATTERS: The Bay-Delta ecosystem is collapsing. California just unveiled rival rescue plans Cal Matters Policy and regulation September 29, 2023by Rachel Becker, CalMatters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts Cal Matters AgricultureEcosystemsWater rights and water law May 23, 2022Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought....
USBR: Work Progressing Towards Providing Full Capacity CVPIA Supplies to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems March 30, 2022Reclamation, Ducks Unlimited and Biggs-West Gridley Water District Partner to Bring Water to Key Habitat When It’s Needed By Gary...
FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features August 21, 2019Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...
Special issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science focuses on the Central Valley Joint Venture Maven Delta scienceEcosystems March 31, 2017The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available online. This special issue focuses...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here? Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features May 12, 2014The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s California...
Wildlife organizations send letter to State Water Board: Don’t leave the refuges out to dry Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 11, 2014The Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land, Audubon, Defenders of Wildlife, Ducks Unlimited and the California Waterfowl Association have...
