JOINT STATEMENT: Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program could be the best path forward for California if key concerns are addressed Guest Contributor Planning and management August 20, 2026Public water agencies urge the State Water Board to resolve any remaining outstanding issues for continued statewide support. California’s water...
STATEMENT: Delta Coalition Slams State Water Board for Failing to Take Tribal and Environmental Concerns Seriously in Updated Bay-Delta Plan Restore the Delta Policy and regulation August 20, 2026Press release from Restore the Delta [Yesterday], the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) released the updated...
EDWARD RING: How much flow preserves the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? Edward Ring CommentaryWater project operations June 18, 2026By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center When choosing what policies and projects...
LAO REPORT: The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight Legislative Analyst's Office Policy and regulationReports March 18, 2026From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: This report discusses the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) proposed—and long-overdue—update of the water...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: A hard look at the 3,000-page Bay-Delta Plan Alastair Bland Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation January 27, 2026Is a state plan to update Delta water rules double counting restoration of water and habitat? By Alastair Bland A...
SFEWS: State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, plus endangered smelt indices and freshwater inflows San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Delta science September 2, 2025From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: A closer look at how predation and flow impact salmon survival Alastair Bland Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 16, 2025Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor?...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation, tribal groups notify State Water Board: Trump’s Bureau of Reclamation is not a reliable partner, and is pushing the Bay’s endangered fish to extinction San Francisco Baykeeper Policy and regulation May 17, 2025From the San Francisco Baykeeper: A coalition of eight organizations today alerted the California Water Resources Control Board that the...
CAL MATTERS: ‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals Cal Matters Delta Conveyance Project March 13, 2025The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: The longfin smelt joins the celebrated ranks of the federal ESA – but can it recover? Alastair Bland Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 10, 2024By Alastair Bland Federal wildlife officials formally listed the San Francisco Estuary longfin smelt as an endangered species in July....
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: The impacts of non-native fish on salmon populations in the San Joaquin River Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 9, 2024“What data we have suggests that the predation is a huge factor that will probably preclude any recovery of salmonids...
REPORT SUMMARY: Five Guiding Principles for Effective Voluntary Agreements Maven Policy and regulationReports November 14, 2024A Case Study on Voluntary Agreements for Water and Habitat in California’s Bay-Delta Watershed California has increasingly focused on developing...
ESSAY: Water wasted to sea? San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Commentary November 8, 2024By James E. Cloern, Jane Kay, Wim Kimmerer, Jeffrey Mount, Peter B. Moyle, and Anke Müeller–Solger If we farmed the...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental groups call attention to fundamental flaws with Delta Conveyance Project hearings Conservation organizations & coalitions Delta Conveyance ProjectWater rights and water law October 11, 2024Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), represented by the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School,...
PRESS RELEASE: State and federal agencies cancel action to protect Delta smelt Conservation organizations & coalitions Water project operations October 1, 2024From Restore the Delta: In California, today marks the start of the new “water year,” the date water managers use...
