AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert News January 31, 2024 163By 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 305By 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 Center for Biological Diversity Press Release/Other December 20, 2023 2233From 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 Sites Project Authority Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 125Press 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 Conservation organizations & coalitions Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 922Press 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 156By 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 Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Press Release/Other November 10, 2023 311Up 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 244The 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 199The 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 71By 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 Press Release/Other October 12, 2023 316UC Davis to safeguard broodstock to conserve threatened species From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries: The...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Fish and Wildlife director still on the hook in water rights suit Courthouse News Service News October 2, 2023 1526Three claims remain against Charlton Bonham, executive director of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, and certain others can...
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Conservation Groups Unite in Opposition To Sites Reservoir, Formally Protest Water Right Conservation organizations & coalitions Press Release/Other September 1, 2023 514Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), two of California’s oldest and most respected water...
