COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge finds feds violated law by favoring irrigators in the Klamath Basin Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law September 12, 2023Monday’s order upholds the notion that irrigators’ rights come after the Bureau of Reclamation’s obligations to protected fish species and...
PRESS RELEASE: State court blocks Trump federal contract with Westlands Water District for million acre-feet of Trinity River water Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law August 12, 2023Undisclosed 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 Policy and regulation August 10, 2023A 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 Restore the Delta Water rights and water law August 9, 2023From 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 Ecosystems July 12, 2023By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law June 5, 2023A 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 Fish and wildlife May 24, 2023By 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 Fish and wildlife May 1, 2023By 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 CommentaryWater project operations March 17, 2023Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Western water wars at high court focus on Navajo Nation Courthouse News Service Colorado River March 16, 2023Out of the arid American Southwest is a case headed to the Supreme Court dealing with the hottest commodity in...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Integrating social sciences in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 16, 2023[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Integrating the social sciences into environmental science and management in the Delta can contribute to a better understanding of...
UC DAVIS: The Science of Saving Salmon as Klamath Dams Come Down UC Davis EcosystemsFish and wildlife February 24, 2023Scientists Test the Waters Amid the World’s Largest Dam Removal by Malia Reiss, UC Davis The world’s largest dam removal...
THE CONVERSATION: As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges The Conversation Colorado River February 6, 2023By Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in...
THIS JUST IN … Federal Court Denies Government Request to Delay Hearing on Plan to Break 22 Year-Old Trinity River Fishery Restoration Agreement Hoopa Valley Tribe Water rights and water law December 27, 2022Slams Department of Justice for “Hiding the Ball” on Interior Department’s Attempt to Terminate Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Sovereignty and Property...
THIS JUST IN … Bureau of Reclamation plans to set aside a twenty-two year-old agreement on Trinity River; Hoopa Valley Tribe files for injunction Bureau of Reclamation News Water rights and water law December 17, 2022Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: [Friday], the Hoopa Valley Tribe asked a California federal court for an injunction...