CAL MATTERS: ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts Cal Matters Policy and regulation May 23, 2022Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought....
AG ALERT: State rice acreage plummets amid water reductions Ag Alert Agriculture May 11, 2022By Ching Lee, Ag Alert This time of year, the Sacramento Valley should be buzzing with tractors working the soil...
US FWS: Endangered California salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife May 5, 2022State and federal agencies join to save native salmon from drought, climate change State and federal biologists have begun moving...
AG ALERT: Butte farmers propose new water district Ag Alert Groundwater News April 27, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A group of Butte County farmers, who rely solely on groundwater to farm mostly tree...
AG ALERT: Water plan announced for habitat, farms Ag Alert Policy and regulation April 6, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A $2.6 billion plan to improve water quality for salmon and native fish in the...
USBR: Work Progressing Towards Providing Full Capacity CVPIA Supplies to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems March 30, 2022Reclamation, Ducks Unlimited and Biggs-West Gridley Water District Partner to Bring Water to Key Habitat When It’s Needed By Gary...
THIS JUST IN, TOO: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Approach for 2022 Water Operations on the Sacramento River State and federal agencies Water project operations March 29, 2022Press release from Cal EPA: Federal and state agencies along with Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSCs) agreed this week on...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Sources and Sinks! What’s Going on With Mercury in Sacramento Valley Tidal Wetlands? Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science January 27, 2022Legacy mercury contamination is problematic in California waterways due to historic gold and mercury mining. Even today, mercury from abandoned...
AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds Ag Alert Fish and wildlife January 19, 2022By Edgar Sanchez, Ag Alert Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on the Sutter County farm...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Applying the winter-run life cycle model to pressing hydromanagement questions in the Central Valley Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlife January 6, 2022Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on...
GUEST COMMENTARY: San Joaquin County Deserves a Fair Chance to Develop its American River Water Right Application Guest Contributor CommentaryWater rights and water law October 18, 2021Commentary written by San Joaquin County Supervisors Chuck Winn and Kathy Miller Last month, the State Water Resources Control Board...
COMMENTARY: The true fish story: How farmers are helping salmon Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryFish and wildlife September 22, 2021By Danny Merkley, California Farm Bureau Federation As a fourth-generation Sacramento Valley farmer and the California Farm Bureau’s director of...
AG ALERT: Nitrogen management for rice may help production Ag Alert Agriculture September 15, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Rice researchers and growers are working to fine-tune the timing and type of nitrogen applications...
CAL MATTERS: California enacted a groundwater law 7 years ago. But wells are still drying up — and the threat is spreading Cal Matters Groundwater News August 18, 2021As drought worsens, there are few, if any, protections in place for California’s depleted groundwater. The new law gave local...
COMMENTARY: It’s time to fulfill the promise: Build Sites Reservoir Ag Alert Commentary August 18, 2021By Jeffrey P. Sutton, general manager of the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority California is in a dire situation. Most of our...
