YOUR INPUT WANTED: State Water Board Seeking Input on Tribal Beneficial Uses Overview Doc Maven Other Announcements October 6, 2022From the State Water Board: The Water Boards has developed a document describing steps that can be taken to protect...
RISING VOICES: Dam Removal and the Future of Algal Blooms Guest Contributor Guest contributors August 10, 2022Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates in California to talk about water issues impacting local communities. In...
THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past Maven Breaking News May 24, 2022Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...
WEBINAR RECORDING: Office Hours: Tribal engagement DWR’s Tribal Water Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez Maven Webinars April 13, 2022Anecita Agustinez has served as the tribal policy advisor for the Department of Water Resources since August 2013. Agustinez has...
YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: How tribal partnerships can help attain national conservation goals Maven Best of the Notebook November 23, 2021“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Beyond Acknowledgements, It’s Time We Act on Learning and Teaching Indigenous Knowledge Maven Guest contributors March 30, 2021Commentary written by Puanani Faleofa Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Water and Land Protector We need more water and land protectors....
What is Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)? Maven Event coverage February 17, 2021Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) is an initiative led by the Department of Water Resources that seeks to support collaborative...
YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate Maven Best of the Notebook December 16, 2020From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...
PUBLICATION: Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water Maven Other Announcements June 5, 2020Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society is a journal that ‘seeks to explore the relationships between knowledges and tears down the...
WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam Maven Best of the Notebook April 8, 2020One of the long-running controversies in California water is the effort to raise Shasta Dam, a dam on the Sacramento...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Delta Conveyance update; Tribal engagement in the Delta Conveyance process Maven Meetings February 27, 2020At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners heard an update on the Delta conveyance project, and a...
ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water Maven Best of the Notebook January 14, 2020This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension? Maven Best of the Notebook May 15, 2019Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Indian Water Settlements, the Media and the Future of Western Rivers Maven Guest contributors June 7, 2018“I believe historians will look back at the current Water Settlement Era as the second big rip-off of the Indigenous...
California Water Commission hears an update on the Department of Water Resources Tribal Consultation Program Maven Meetings March 12, 2014The relationship between Native Americans and the federal government is a distinctive political one that has been set forth in...
