Sacramento Valley Archives

ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data

August 20, 2025

By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...

PRESS RELEASE: The Winnemem Wintu Tribe welcomes 80,000 salmon eggs to McCloud river this summer

Press Release/Notice

Fish and wildlife

July 26, 2025

This is the fourth year the Winnemem Wintu has co-led the reintroduction of endangered salmon into the river, and they...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge scratches federal approval of Northern California mixed-use project

Courthouse News Service

Planning and management Water rights and water law

July 18, 2025

Environmentalists argued that the project would destroy the habitat of the exceedingly rare Butte County meadowfoam, an endangered flower. By...

NOTICE: Reclamation’s final Shasta Temperature Management Plan now available

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 27, 2025

This notice is to advise that the State Water Board has received the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Temperature Management...

NOAA FISHERIES: Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon

NOAA Fisheries

Delta science Fish and wildlife

June 26, 2025

Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...

USGS: Causes and consequences of flooding in California’s Central Valley

USGS

Planning and management

June 24, 2025

From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict...

PRESS RELEASE: RWA releases water accounting system for the Sacramento Regional Water Bank

Guest Contributor

Groundwater News

June 3, 2025

New framework enhances transparency and accountability, helping to build confidence in groundwater banking and long-term sustainability Press release from the...

USGS: Protecting protected land from pesticides

USGS

Ecosystems

May 9, 2025

Five Sacramento National Wildlife Refuges show pesticides By the USGS A new paper in Science of the Total Environment, co‑authored...

PRESS RELEASE: Updated operations analysis finds water for more than 3 million people could have been captured if Sites Reservoir were operational today

Sites Project Authority

Water project operations

April 26, 2025

Press release from the Sites Project JPA: The Sites Project Authority (Authority) announced that during this wet weather season, Sites...

UC DAVIS: Restored stream supports new wild salmon run

UC Davis

Ecosystems

March 21, 2025

Study confirms salmon of Putah Creek origin for first time By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Almost everywhere in California, salmon...

UC DAVIS: California rice and wildlife report released

UC Davis

Ecosystems

February 28, 2025

Rice fields provide vital habitat for snakes, birds and fish By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis From ducks and cranes to...

NPS: Saving the salmon: Restoring native fish populations on Lower Clear Creek

Maven

Ecosystems

February 25, 2025

By the National Park Service The Legacy of Salmon and the Impact of Human Activity on Clear Creek For millennia,...

CDFW partners with DWR and fishing industry to diversify salmon hatchery release strategies

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

February 7, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: In a collaborative effort to increase the sustainability of California’s salmon populations, the California...

PRESS RELEASE: Transfers, groundwater overuse, voluntary agreements, and lots of $$$: Aqualliance and allies sue Glenn Colusa Irrigation District

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Commentary Water rights and water law

February 6, 2025

Press release from AquAlliance AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS seek more time to evaluate Sacramento River water supply plan

State Water Contractors

Water rights and water law

January 29, 2025

Lawsuit filed to address potential impacts on State Water Project operations by Sacramento River upstream drought management plans Press release...