Commentary by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Two terms are often used by legal and policy experts when discussing water consumption: safe yield[1] and sustainable yield.[2] They are sometimes used interchangeably, and they describe the same general concept: the amount of...
Over the past several years, the Colorado River Basin states have been working, with limited success, on guidelines that will take effect next year when the current guidelines expire. But given the deteriorating hydrology, basin states’ discussions now focus on...
Three years of cancelled salmon seasons have devastated the industry. Now, salmon fishing is expected to finally reopen. Will it be enough for the industry to survive? By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up...
The San Joaquin Basin faces complex water management challenges that demand a unified approach. Decades of groundwater overuse, increasing flood risks, and the accelerating impacts of climate change threaten the region’s water supplies, communities, agriculture, and ecosystems. To address these...
Lake Powell could see just 22% of normal inflow By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers are planning for an extremely dry summer as Colorado wraps up winter 2026 with the worst snowpack on record for early April. The Colorado...
