RESTORE THE DELTA: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition challenges legality of Delta Conveyance Project in new petition Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other September 4, 2024 346SWRCB urged to uphold law and protect Tribal water rights in the Delta Press release from the Delta Tribal Environmental...
DAN WALTERS: In rain, snow and drought, California’s fights over water rights, supplies persist Cal Matters News June 18, 2024 322By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
FEATURE: Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage: A conversation with environmental lawyer Karrigan Börk Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features June 11, 2024 410by Robin Meadows Water diversions can harm aquatic ecosystems, riparian habitat, and beaches fed by river sediment. But the people...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Water right enforcement in California Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features May 16, 2024 796In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...
NEW RESOURCES: Water Right and Reporting Requirement Fact Sheets Available from the Water Board State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS April 27, 2024 196From the State Water Resources Control Board: New fact sheets describing general information about California water rights and reporting requirements...
PRESS RELEASE: Delta coalition files lawsuit demanding State Water Board action on DWR’s outdated water rights before considering Delta Conveyance Project approval Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other April 17, 2024 660After Decades of Delay, Complaint Alleges State Water Board Must Decide Whether DWR Has Diligently Pursued its Water Rights Before...
C-WIN: Coming Clean: State Water Resources Control Board Finally Acknowledges “Paper Water” Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 10, 2024 880Figures in the Agency’s New Bay-Delta Plan Update Confirm What Water Reform Advocates Have Long Maintained: California Water Rights Claims...
Q & A: Today’s data and past history could add up to a more equitable way to divvy up California’s water Janet Byron Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features January 9, 2024 748Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
AG ALERT: New Year brings new laws, policies affecting farmers Ag Alert News January 3, 2024 329By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert With the New Year comes a slew of new state and federal policies designed to...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Data tool emerges as water-rights threat is defeated Ag Alert Commentary October 4, 2023 148By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Fish and Wildlife director still on the hook in water rights suit Courthouse News Service News October 2, 2023 1518Three claims remain against Charlton Bonham, executive director of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, and certain others can...
DAN WALTERS: Water rights reformers scored only a minor victory in the Legislature Cal Matters News September 17, 2023 264Three measures to overhaul state oversight of water use, giving the state water board more authority over holders of senior...
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Conservation Groups Unite in Opposition To Sites Reservoir, Formally Protest Water Right Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other September 1, 2023 502Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), two of California’s oldest and most respected water...
COMMENTARY: Ending Mono Lake diversions to Los Angeles would help the environment but hurt the climate Cal Matters Commentary July 13, 2023 133The environmental costs of ending water diversions from Mono Lake to Los Angeles would be mixed: It might help a...
CENTER SQUARE: California Democrats move forward bill to chip away historic water rights The Center Square News July 12, 2023 540By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square The California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife today passed a bill...
