Sacramento Valley Archives

September 13, 2026

Proposed water right permit is still pending in separate action From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...

CDFW: Scientists keeping an eye on river conditions to protect winter-and-fall-run salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

September 5, 2026

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is...

SF BAYKEEPER: State Water Board capitulates to special interests in new Sites Reservoir permit

San Francisco Baykeeper

Commentary Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Yesterday, the California Water Resources Control Board (Board) issued a new draft of its water...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural Ruling on Evidentiary Objection to Supplemental Evidence and Official Notice of AHO Exhibits

State Water Board

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This procedural ruling addresses the evidentiary objection submitted by the NGO Parties1 on...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural ruling bifurcating Application 33534 and Notice of Public Hearing on Application 33534b

State Water Board

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On May 11, 2022, the Sites Project Authority (Authority or Applicant) filed Application...

State Water Board revises draft water right decision for proposed Sites Reservoir; The Sites Project Authority responds

State Water Board

Planning and management

September 3, 2026

Draft balances water supplies with protections for fish, water quality From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control...

UC DAVIS: A secret to survival for California’s most endangered salmon

UC Davis

Fish and wildlife

August 24, 2026

By Michael Milstein, UC Davis A secret to the survival of juvenile salmon as they form in their eggs is...

NOAA FISHERIES: The 15-day window that may decide salmon survival

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

August 24, 2026

Chinook need cold water in first weeks for their eggs to survive. By NOAA Fisheries Traditional field research combined with...

EOS: California’s drought irreversibly damaged Sacramento Valley aquifers

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

August 21, 2026

Satellite data have revealed an abrupt drop in aquifers’ ability to recharge after the 2020–2022 drought. More real-time monitoring could...

CAL MATTERS: Where did the birds go? Once-abundant wetlands are drying up after federal staff cutbacks

Cal Matters

Ecosystems

August 14, 2026

A long decline in the number of people managing wildlife refuges in California accelerated after the Trump administration’s DOGE staffing...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California drought caused irreversible ground sinking in Sacramento Valley

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

July 28, 2026

Heavy groundwater pumping during California’s 2020-2022 drought caused the ground in the Sacramento Valley to sink faster than expected, permanently...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Could water rights scuttle Sites?

Cariad Hayes Thronson

Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

July 20, 2026

By Cariad Hayes Thronson In late June, a controversial new reservoir project in Northern California received a commitment for nearly...

DELTA COUNCIL: California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap

Maven

Climate change Hydrology Notebook News and Features Research article

June 17, 2026

Even by California’s standards of extreme variability, water year 2025–26 has been a strikingly poor snow year, especially in the...

CAL MATTERS: California scales back golden mussel safeguards at vital reservoir, alarming experts

Cal Matters

Ecosystems

June 12, 2026

Destructive golden mussels are wreaking havoc in California waterways. Why are California water managers ending precautions for a vital reservoir? By...

PRESS RELEASE: Sites Project Authority urges revisions to draft water rights permit

Sites Project Authority

Water project operations

May 26, 2026

Press release from the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority released the following statement related to its comments...