PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 17, 2024 2292023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
DWR: Weirs on the Sacramento River: 100 Years of Flood Control Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News February 8, 2024 299From the Department of Water Resources: Set into the banks of the Sacramento River as it winds its way south...
AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert News January 31, 2024 121By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation groups sue over Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News December 21, 2023 293By Adam Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A legal challenge was filed Wednesday in Yolo County Superior Court over one of...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit: Sites Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other December 20, 2023 2158From the Center for Biological Diversity: Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir...
USBR NEWS: Watering up a major piece of the Pacific Flyway Bureau of Reclamation News News November 21, 2023 118Reclamation funding improves delivery system at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area From the Bureau of Reclamation: In the shadow of the...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 118Press release from the Sites JPA The Sites Project Authority, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,...
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the River, Sierra Club, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Condemn Today’s Hastened Approval of Sites Reservoir’s Environmental Impact Report Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 919Press release from Friends of the River, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the Sierra Club On November 17, members of...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert News November 15, 2023 149By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...
NEWS RELEASE: Spawning gravel for winter-run salmon being placed in the Sacramento River near Keswick Dam Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 10, 2023 286Up to 15,000 cubic yards of loose gravel will provide critical habitat News release from the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors:...
NOTICE of Temporary Water Right Application to appropriate 6,000 AF from the Sacramento River for groundwater storage State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS November 7, 2023 37From the State Water Resources Control Board: Colusa Groundwater Authority filed a temporary water right permit application with the State...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor taps new law to streamline Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News November 6, 2023 236The Sites Reservoir Project is slated to hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households...
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home High Country News News November 1, 2023 181The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert News October 25, 2023 66By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
PRESS RELEASE: State and federal fish agencies take urgent actions to save spring-run chinook salmon Department of Fish and Wildlife News October 12, 2023 289UC Davis to safeguard broodstock to conserve threatened species From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries: The...