NOTICE: Public Comment Period Opens for Six Resubmitted Groundwater Sustainability Plans Given ‘Incomplete’ Determinations in October 2023 Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTSGroundwater News April 27, 2024From 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 ANNOUNCEMENTSWater quality April 24, 2024From 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 Fish and wildlife April 20, 2024To 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 Water quality April 18, 2024Disputes 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 Sites Project Authority Water project operations February 17, 20242023 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) Planning and management February 8, 2024From 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 Agriculture January 31, 2024By 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 Water rights and water law December 21, 2023By 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 Water rights and water law December 20, 2023From 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 Fish and wildlife November 21, 2023Reclamation 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 Policy and regulation November 17, 2023Press 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 Policy and regulation November 17, 2023Press 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 Policy and regulation November 15, 2023By 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 Fish and wildlife November 10, 2023Up 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, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: Colusa Groundwater Authority filed a temporary water right permit application with the State...
