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DWR: March Delivers: Statewide snowpack at 90% of average as California approaches end of wet season

March 28, 2025

Recent Storms Provided Much Needed Boost to the Snowpack but Southern California Still Behind in Precipitation From the Department of...

PRESS RELEASE: Kern County Water Agency board approves additional funding for the Delta Conveyance Project

Press Release/Notice

Delta Conveyance Project

March 28, 2025

Press release from the Kern County Water Agency: The Kern County Water Agency (Agency) approved funding for the planning and...

USBR: Reclamation further increases Central Valley Project water supply allocations for 2025; Central Valley Project contractors respond water year

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

March 27, 2025

From the Bureau of Reclamation: In support of ongoing efforts to provide maximum water supplies in California, the Bureau of...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: From paper to progress: The $60 million project transforming California’s water rights data

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

March 27, 2025

California is taking a major step forward in transforming how water is managed and monitored with the roll out of...

CAL MATTERS: Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

March 27, 2025

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a...

CDFW: California reports progress in supporting healthy salmon populations and habitat

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

March 26, 2025

Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today the...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: State Water Board AHO sends email regarding resumption of hearings after Monday’s disruption

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Delta Conveyance Project

March 26, 2025

Nicole Kuenzi, presiding hearing officer at the State Water Board’s Administrative Hearings Office, sent the following email regarding resumption of...

LAist: LA has big plans to recycle more water. Why the city says it’s going to take decades to do it

LAist

Water supply augmentation

March 26, 2025

By Erin Stone, 4/25/2025 This article was originally published by LAist on 4/25/2025 L.A.’s big plans to recycle almost all...

NASA takes to the air to study wildflowers

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

March 26, 2025

For many plant species, flowering is biologically synced with the seasons. Scientists are clocking blooms to understand our ever-changing planet....

AG ALERT: Exporters try to navigate impacts of Trump tariffs

Ag Alert

Agriculture Policy and regulation

March 26, 2025

By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Confusion and uncertainty. Those are two words being used by California agricultural exporters with farm...

AG ALERT: EPA announces it will revise ‘waters of the U.S.’ definition

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

March 26, 2025

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to review the definition of “waters of the United...

DWR: Continued winter storms allow for another boost to State Water Project deliveries to 40%

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

March 25, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that wet and cold storms in...

DR. DANIEL SWAIN: Drier and Wetter in 21st Century California: Managing increasing hydroclimate whiplash in a warming world

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features

March 24, 2025

The Los Angeles fires have become a stark example of the devastating effects of hydroclimate whiplash, as extreme weather patterns...

DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Report: Many Socioeconomic Indicators for the Delta See Improvement

Delta Protection Commission

Policy and regulation

March 22, 2025

From the Delta Protection Commission: Unemployment fell. Median income rose. Land in agricultural production increased. These improving socioeconomic indicators for...

SJV WATER: 5th District Court of Appeal hears arguments over Kern River flows

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

March 22, 2025

By Lois Henry: Justices with the 5th District Court of Appeal peppered attorneys with questions about the application of state...