AG ALERT: State Water Board seeks comments on Bay-Delta plan Ag Alert Policy and regulation November 6, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to...
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...
PRESS RELEASE: 20,000 tons of gravel placed into Sacramento River to provide spawning habitat for endangered salmon Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Ecosystems September 12, 2024Press release from the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Efforts to provide spawning habitat for endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the...
AG ALERT: Water operations long-term plan could limit supply Ag Alert Water project operations August 7, 2024By Christine Souza , Ag Alert SacraState and federal agencies face a challenge to balance the beneficial uses of water...
COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish Ag Alert CommentaryEcosystems May 4, 2022By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...
THIS JUST IN, TOO: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Approach for 2022 Water Operations on the Sacramento River State and federal agencies Water project operations March 29, 2022Press release from Cal EPA: Federal and state agencies along with Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSCs) agreed this week on...
AG ALERT: Drought means no Central Valley Project water for many irrigators Ag Alert AgricultureCurrent Conditions March 2, 2022By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Zero. That’s how much water is being allocated to Central Valley Project irrigation contractors north...
AG ALERT: Water shortages will reduce rice plantings Ag Alert Agriculture May 12, 2021By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Dry weather this spring has created ideal planting conditions for California rice farmers, but lack...
The Bay Institute responds to Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Maven Water project operations July 1, 2016Sacramento River Settlement Contractors will receive full deliveries of water this year at the expense of the salmon runs, they...
This just in … Sacramento River Settlement Contractors frustrated by delay in implementing the Sacramento River operations plan for summer Maven Water project operations June 30, 2016Proposed Shasta Reservoir Releases Focuses Solely on Temperature for Winter Run Eggs; SRSCs Call for More Holistic Approach to Managing...
Sacto Valley water managers respond to NRDC et al lawsuit: Statements of illegal diversions and federal mismanagement are unsubstantiated, they say Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Water rights and water law November 11, 2015Sacramento Valley rice growers say they have voluntarily deferred diversions and taken other actions to reduce drought impacts on fish...
This just in … Enviro groups sue Reclamation and rice growers for mismanagement leading to demise of near-extinct salmon Conservation organizations & coalitions Water rights and water law November 10, 2015Illegal Diversion of Water Threatens to End Chinook Salmon Survival in California, they say From the NRDC, this press release:...
State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Framework for Water Operations in Fourth Year of Drought California agencies Water project operations April 20, 2015From the Bureau of Reclamation, NOAA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Northern California Water Association, Department of Fish and...
