COURTHOUSE NEWS: Sonoma County wins appeal to keep well-permitting ordinance amendments Courthouse News Service Groundwater News August 6, 2026Sonoma County appealed a lower court’s decision to invalidate amendments to its well-permitting ordinance under the public trust doctrine. By...
CA COASTKEEPER: Appellate court confirms groundwater pumping ruling, orders Sonoma County to conduct environmental review of its well ordinance California Coastkeeper Alliance Water rights and water law August 6, 2026Press release from the California Coastkeeper Alliance and the Russian Riverkeeper Yesterday, the California Court of Appeal issued a decision...
PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 8, 2016Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state’s approach to ecosystem restoration Although...
This just in … Environmental groups ask California officials to save endangered fish in San Francisco Bay Estuary from extinction Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation August 9, 2016From Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Bay Institute: With the critically endangered Delta smelt on...
