EDWARD RING: Rebuilding requires reimagining environmentalism

Edward Ring

CommentaryPlanning and management

April 9, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director, Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Helping thousands of victims of the wildfires...

AG ALERT: Q&A: Wade Crowfoot talks California’s natural resources

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

April 9, 2025

From Ag Alert: California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot leads efforts to conserve the state’s environment and natural resources—water, air...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: OpenET’s new CEO, Sara Larsen, discusses the future of the revolutionary water-monitoring initiative

Desert Research Institute

Planning and management

April 9, 2025

By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute OpenET, a nonprofit initiative focused on improving water management with accessible, satellite-based evapotranspiration (ET)...

CV-SALTS: Nitrate Control Program hits 5-year milestone and Drinking Water Program expands to new areas

CV Salinity Coalition

Policy and regulationWater quality

April 9, 2025

From the Central Valley Salinity Coalition: This year marks several significant five-year milestones for CV-SALTS and its efforts to address...

Monitoring water quality in the Delta: The role of the Delta Regional Monitoring Program

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesWater quality

April 8, 2025

The Delta is a vital water source, providing drinking water to over 27 million people and irrigating 3 million acres...

CDFW sees ecosystem engineers at work in beaver restoration pilot projects

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

April 8, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) set out on its mission...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Fourth Amended Notice Of Public Hearing And Procedural Ruling

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTSDelta Conveyance Project

April 8, 2025

From the State Water Board Administrative Hearings Office: This ruling adds more hearing dates to the schedule, outlines new procedures...

THE CONVERSATION: EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?

The Conversation

Policy and regulationScience

April 8, 2025

By H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: EPA defends its toxic water guidelines allowing higher levels of chemicals

Courthouse News Service

Water qualityWater rights and water law

April 8, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency argues that it didn’t need to consult with other agencies because states and territories aren’t obligated...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Boxes of mud could tell a hopeful sediment story

Knee Deep Times

EcosystemsScience

April 5, 2025

by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Knee Deep Times Early results from 15 months of surveys in an experiment which placed sediment...

PRESS RELEASES: Restore the Delta’s poll of CA voters reveals strong preference for investments in local water supplies over building the Delta tunnel; Californians for Water Security responds

Press Release/Notice

Delta Conveyance Project

April 5, 2025

Restore the Delta poll shows widespread opposition to Delta Tunnel and strong preference for local water solutions Press release from...

C-WIN: Sacrificed for the benefit of the few? C-WIN releases video on the Delta’s forgotten voices

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Delta Conveyance Project

April 5, 2025

From the California Water Impact Network: The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) has released a short video on the dire threat posed by Governor...

LAist: How much toxic heavy metal is in that bright red fire retardant? We had it tested to find out

LAist

Wildfires and watersheds

April 3, 2025

An LAist investigation found arsenic, cadmium, chromium and lead in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and...

UC BERKELEY: A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

UC Berkeley

Fish and wildlife

April 3, 2025

Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding...

DELTA COUNCIL: Anticipating the next drought: DWR’s plans for rapid barrier construction

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

April 3, 2025

California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...