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MET IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: Shaping the future of the Bay-Delta: The update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan

September 9, 2025

The goal of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan is to balance the needs of the environment, agriculture, and urban...

C-WIN: Mirroring the Trump Playbook: Eliminating CEQA review for water quality control plans would weaken California’s democratic integrity

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Commentary Policy and regulation

September 5, 2025

By Max Gomberg, C-WIN In California we are fortunate to have both state and federal law to protect our rivers,...

CAL MATTERS: ‘No way, not possible’: California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

December 16, 2024

Growers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists...

USBR: Returning a piece of the Delta to nature’s blueprint

Bureau of Reclamation News

Ecosystems

November 14, 2024

Reclamation funding spurs work on broad tidal habitat restoration project By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Standing on the levee...

DWR: Reclamation, DWR Celebrate Launch of Key Delta Habitat Restoration Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

November 14, 2024

Tidal habitat restoration effort mobilizes after major funding milestones are met From the Department of Water Resources: The Bureau of...

CNRA: California makes progress to ensure healthy rivers and landscapes

CA Natural Resources Agency

Policy and regulation

October 30, 2024

From the California Natural Resources Agency: California is advancing restoration projects, streamflows for native fisheries, and a science plan in...

PRESS RELEASE: Fishermen, Tribal members, and residents ask California Water Board to support science-based water plan, deny Voluntary Agreements

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

April 26, 2024

Press release from Save California Salmon, the California Indian Water Commission, and the Golden State Salmon Association: A coalition of...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Gov. Newsom is accelerating California’s extinction crisis

San Francisco Baykeeper

Commentary Policy and regulation

January 24, 2024

By Jon Rosenfield, PhD, SF Baykeeper science director; and Eric Buescher, SF Baykeeper managing attorney California is at the forefront...

AG ALERT: Farmers, water districts to weigh in on flows plan

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

December 20, 2023

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are working on an updated plan to improve conditions for declining fish...

AG ALERT: Districts agree to collaborate on Tuolumne River

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

December 16, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Modesto Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have signed...