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October 8, 2015

House Democrats from California, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington – 27 in all – have signed on to a letter opposing...

Shasta Dam Fish Passage Evaluation: Winter-run Chinook may swim above Shasta Dam once again

October 8, 2015

Agency scientists discuss the winter-run captive broodstock program at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery, the conceptual designs for the juvenile...

California Water Commission: SGMA Implementation – Summary of Comments on Basin Boundary Regulation; Update on State Water Project Issues

October 7, 2015

Presentation includes summary of comments received and planned revisions, as well as a new online tool; brief update on SWP...

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay-Delta discusses Cal Water Fix

October 6, 2015

The project’s ecosystem measures, seismic risk analysis, climate change adaptation, and draft EIR discussed; also, a brief review of the...

This just in … Landowners, grape growers, government and others partner to protect juvenile coho in the Russian River watershed

October 2, 2015

Jackson Family Wines enters into voluntary agreement to provide water to Green Valley Creek through the end of December From...

A look at three successful turf replacement programs

September 30, 2015

Metropolitan Water District, San Diego County Water Authority, and Southern Nevada Water Authority’s turf replacement programs highlighted in a Water...

Restore the Delta Media Call: Experts Reading Delta Tunnels EIR Express Concerns in Final Month for Public Comments

September 30, 2015

From Restore the Delta, this press release: “[Yesterday], Restore the Delta held a teleconference with a panel of experts reading...

Drought in the Delta: The view from within

September 29, 2015

Melinda Terry and Dante Nomellini discuss water quality and water rights issues and how they are affecting Delta farmers As...

Delta Protection Commission prepares to comment on Cal Water Fix

September 28, 2015

The September meeting includes an update on the preparation of comments, and input from Delta stakeholders on the project As...

Environmental documents for the Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project presented at Los Banos public meeting

September 23, 2015

The draft environmental documents analyze the environmental impacts of the implementation of the biological opinions on state and federal water...

Climate change: Perspectives from the next generation

September 23, 2015

At the State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference in Oakland last week, one of the standout moments during the...

Sacramento Delta Levees: Radar-based monitoring from 41,000 feet

September 17, 2015

NASA’s Dr. Cathleen Jones discusses an ongoing pilot study that uses radar technology to monitor Delta levees Monitoring levees is...

Managing California’s Groundwater for Drought, Clean Water, Food Security, and Ecosystems

September 16, 2015

Dr. Thomas Harter on the importance groundwater – a critical source of drinking water and drought insurance for 40% of...

Secretary John Laird discusses climate change adaptation at Southern California conference