COURTHOUSE NEWS: Native American tribes call for recognition, compensation in post-2026 Colorado River operating agreement Courthouse News Service News December 15, 2023 82Thirty federally recognized tribes lay claim to a fourth of the Colorado River which provides water to 40 million people...
THE REVELATOR: ‘Like a Dead Zone’: Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River The Revelator News December 11, 2023 1235A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on...
PRO PUBLICA: Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself. Pro Publica News October 17, 2023 64by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
HOOPA TRIBE PRESS RELEASE: Westlands asks California Supreme Court to overturn environmental restoration obligations, further decimating Trinity River fishery Press Release/Notice News October 16, 2023 146Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: In its latest effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in...
PRESS RELEASE: State court blocks Trump federal contract with Westlands Water District for million acre-feet of Trinity River water Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other August 12, 2023 278Undisclosed finances and vague federal contract left court in the dark. Door now wide open for Biden administration to revise...
CAL MATTERS: California water agency under investigation for discriminating against tribes, people of color Cal Matters News August 10, 2023 390A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California has failed to protect water...
THIS JUST IN … EPA Accepts Civil Rights Complaint Against California State Water Board Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other August 9, 2023 1361From Restore the Delta: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a decision accepting for investigation a civil rights complaint...
THE CONVERSATION: Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California The Conversation News July 12, 2023 99By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...
PRO PUBLICA: The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. Pro Publica News July 6, 2023 873The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the...
PRO PUBLICA: Supreme Court Keeps Navajo Nation Waiting for Water Pro Publica News June 26, 2023 73By Anna V. Smith, High Country News, and Umar Farooq and Mark Olalde, ProPublica This article originally appeared on Inside...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service News June 5, 2023 8A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Klamath Irrigation District in its attempt to move a dispute over the allocation...
US FWS: Tribes on the Klamath River struggle to save their salmon and way of life in the face of a changing climate US Fish and Wildlife Service Agency News May 24, 2023 11By Susan Sawyer, US Fish and Wildlife Service Stretching from the volcanic Cascades of Southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean...
CDFW: Tribe, state and federal partners join to return endangered salmon to historic habitat Department of Fish and Wildlife News May 1, 2023 12By CDFW News The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue Cal Matters Commentary March 17, 2023 2Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...
UC DAVIS: The Science of Saving Salmon as Klamath Dams Come Down UC Davis News February 24, 2023 3Scientists Test the Waters Amid the World’s Largest Dam Removal by Malia Reiss, UC Davis The world’s largest dam removal...