CAL MATTERS: ‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — again

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

March 11, 2024

Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial...

NOAA FISHERIES: California Current Ecosystem shows resilience entering strong El Niño

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

March 11, 2024

The 2023–2024 California Current Ecosystem Status Report shows an abundance of forage fish and a productive system fueled by upwelling....

PRESS RELEASE: Deconstruction of Copco No. 1 underway

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Ecosystems

March 11, 2024

Work progresses on the second of four dams slated for removal on the Klamath River From the Klamath River Renewal...

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “The Three Ages of Water” by Peter Gleick

Justin Scott-Coe

Author Podcasts

March 10, 2024

Visit the Water Shelf main page On this inaugural episode of the Water Shelf Podcast, I interview Dr. Peter Gleick...

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental and fishing groups raise alarm about ongoing killing of federally protected fish by the Central Valley Project and State Water Project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

March 9, 2024

Press release from Golden State Salmon Association (GSSA), The Bay Institute, and Defenders of Wildlife On March 6, a coalition...

NOTICE of Board Workshop on Proposed Voluntary Agreements Related to Sacramento/Delta Update to Bay-Delta Plan

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 9, 2024

Notice from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a multiday public workshop...

SJV WATER: Infrastructure the main topic at Kern’s annual water summit

SJV Water

Policy and regulation

March 8, 2024

By Lois Henry, SJV Water With nature providing plenty of water – finally – this year, and groundwater regulation well...

NOAA FISHERIES: Klamath River Reshapes Itself as Flushing Flows Move Reservoir Sediment Downriver

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

March 8, 2024

Biologists expect higher, turbid spring waters to jump-start recovery By NOAA Fisheries The Klamath River is making the most of...

PRESS RELEASE: Board sets probationary hearing for critically overdrafted Tule groundwater subbasin

State Water Board

Groundwater News

March 8, 2024

Groundwater depletion causing dry well impacts and subsidence that threatens critical infrastructure, including the Friant-Kern Canal From the State Water...

PRESS RELEASE: Groups call out conservation as equitable, affordable and the most reliable option for meeting the state’s demand for water in light of the West’s unpredictable water future

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

March 8, 2024

Groups call out conservation as equitable, affordable and the most reliable option for meeting the state’s demand for water in...

NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River basin states pitch two alternative plans

Nevada Current

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current After months of tense discussion over the future of the Colorado River, western states that...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Nutrients from wastewater treatment plants may threaten coastal marine life―should California regulate them?

Robin Meadows

Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesScience

March 7, 2024

Nutrients from human waste boost ocean acidification & hypoxia in CA―wastewater treatment agencies say regulation is premature, environmentalists say it’s...

CAL MATTERS: California agrees to long-term cuts of Colorado River water

Cal Matters

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

California, Arizona and Nevada would cut their allocations about 20% when reservoir levels drop. But other states have their own...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Lower basin calls for upper basin cuts; upper basin says ‘no way’

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

Colorado River basin states submit competing proposals for reservoir operations post-2026 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism This article was first...

DWR NEWS: Understanding the Underground: DWR Completes First Phase of Innovative Groundwater Mapping Program

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

March 7, 2024

State-of-the-art helicopter-based technology and local coordination improve management of our underground water supply From the Department of Water Resources: National...