NOTICE: Public Comment Period Opens for Six Resubmitted Groundwater Sustainability Plans Given ‘Incomplete’ Determinations in October 2023 Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTS April 27, 2024 18From the Department of Water Resources: On October 26, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released six Incomplete determinations...
NOTICE: Denial Without Prejudice of Water Quality Certification for Removal and Decommissioning of Kanaka Powerhouse for the Kanaka Hydroelectric Project License Surrender State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS April 24, 2024 133From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 23, 2024, the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control...
NOAA FISHERIES: Welcome to Salmon Country: California’s Central Valley NOAA Fisheries News April 20, 2024 564To the residents of California’s Central Valley, salmon represent family, culture, jobs, community, and identity. By NOAA Fisheries The Central...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Questions abound in case of contamination of Sacramento River tributary Courthouse News Service News April 18, 2024 109Disputes of fact as to whether contaminated stormwater actually flowed into a Sacramento River tributary precluded summary judgment, a federal...
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 2452023 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 365From 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 147By 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 304By 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 2231From 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 Agency News November 21, 2023 123Reclamation 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 124Press 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 921Press 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 153By 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 298Up 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...