NOTICE: Public hearing on proposed reservoir project in Sacramento Valley continues in September

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 31, 2024

Sites Project Authority seeks water right for construction, storage The State Water Resources Control Board will continue a multi-day public...

NOTICE: Curtailments remain in effect for Scott River watershed

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 31, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Curtailments remain in effect for the Scott River watershed. The flow at the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California details path to reintroducing fish into Klamath River

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

August 30, 2024

The plan was released the same week as the final two dams on the river were breached. By Alan Riquelmy,...

CDFW: Klamath River fishery plan calls for wild, self-sustaining salmon, steelhead populations in newly undammed river

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

August 30, 2024

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,”...

DOE: When a summer drought begins in the winter: investigating snow drought

Press Release/Notice

Climate change

August 29, 2024

From Shannon Brescher Shea, Department of Energy, Office of Science From thirsty agricultural crops to whitewater rafters contemplating a low...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Klamath River and its salmon free-flowing after final two dams breached in California

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

August 29, 2024

The Klamath River was once a major habitat for salmon, but hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border region caused their...

PRESS RELEASE: Sustainable Conservation unveils roadmap tool to navigate restoration permitting in the Sacramento River Basin

Sustainable Conservation

Ecosystems

August 29, 2024

From Sustainable Conservation: Sustainable Conservation’s Accelerating Restoration program is excited to announce the Restoration Permitting Roadmap, a first-of-its-kind web tool...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships

Cornell University

Policy and regulation

August 29, 2024

By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...

USGS: Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984

USGS

Wildfires and watersheds

August 29, 2024

By the USGS: In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after...

USGS: Wildfire and extreme rain intensify erosion and sediment flow, USGS-led study shows

USGS

Water qualityWildfires and watersheds

August 29, 2024

In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment...

AG ALERT: Hearing process could boost Sites Reservoir project

Ag Alert

Water rights and water law

August 28, 2024

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: We are still here: Partnering with Tribes on the Delta

Robin Meadows

Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

August 28, 2024

By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...

AG ALERT: Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river

Ag Alert

AgricultureColorado River

August 28, 2024

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of...

SJV WATER: Kern disputes state’s take on its groundwater plan at first of two workshops

SJV Water

Groundwater News

August 27, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Calling the state’s review of the Kern subbasin’s newest groundwater plan “cursory,” a representative of...

PRESS RELEASE: Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California Water Coalition submit urgent request to Governor Newsom and Interior Secretary Haaland to suspend action reducing water supplies for 2024

Water Blueprint for the SJ Valley

Water project operations

August 26, 2024

Press release from the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern California Water Coalition: The Water Blueprint...