COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water board approves permit for Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law November 5, 2026Detractors of the reservoir includes environmentalists and Native tribes that say they’re being ignored in favor of “Big Agriculture.” By...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board approves water right for Sites Reservoir State Water Board Water rights and water law November 4, 2026Permit balances water supplies, protections for fish and water quality From the State Water Resources Control Board: As California responds...
COMMENTARY: The time is now: Sites Reservoir can strengthen California’s water future Guest Contributor CommentaryWater rights and water law November 3, 2026By: Jeff McCreary, Director of Operations, Western Region, Ducks Unlimited; Tim Johnson, President and CEO, California Rice Commission; and David Guy, President,...
COMMENTARY: The Sites Reservoir is a bad deal for Californians Guest Contributor CommentaryWater rights and water law November 3, 2026Cutting corners leads to a bad project – we all suffer the hidden costs and damages By Keiko Mertz, Friends...
COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir can help sustain wetlands in the San Joaquin Valley Guest Contributor CommentaryWater rights and water law November 3, 2026By Ric Ortega, General Manager of Grassland Water District For those of us responsible for delivering water to California’s remaining...
COMMENTARY: For California Indians, the Sites Reservoir project is one more story of cultural genocide Guest Contributor CommentaryWater rights and water law November 3, 2026By Chairman Wayne “Rick” Mitchum Jr. On November 4th, the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) will make...
PRESS RELEASE: Salmon habitat project along Sacramento River to improve access on and off Red Bluff floodplain Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Ecosystems October 29, 2026Three-acre project to keep fish connected to productive floodplain habitat while reducing number of juvenile salmon becoming stranded each year...
GUEST COMMENTARY: What the Pacific Flyway can teach us about water management Guest Contributor CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 26, 2026By Jeff McCreary, Director of Operations, Western Region, Ducks Unlimited Millions of ducks, geese, and other migratory birds travel the...
CAL MATTERS: Vital Central Valley flood control levees are poorly maintained, state watchdog finds Cal Matters Planning and management October 21, 2026Nearly a third of local agencies running Central Valley levees have kept up “unacceptable” maintenance, some for years, and the...
CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD: Rethinking mercury reduction in the Delta Maven Water quality September 23, 2026New findings prompt regulators to reconsider the program’s 2030 deadline and mercury allocations. At a September 3 workshop, Central Valley...
Sites Project Authority responds to revised water right permit: “We can see a path forward that allows the Project to advance” Sites Project Authority Planning and management September 18, 2026From the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority (Authority) issued the following statement regarding the revised water right...
DWR: Feather River gravel project supports chinook salmon and steelhead spawning Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife September 17, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Throughout California’s Central Valley, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout migrate between the ocean and...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board issues water quality certification for proposed Sites Reservoir State Water Board Policy and regulation September 13, 2026Proposed water right permit is still pending in separate action From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...
CDFW: Scientists keeping an eye on river conditions to protect winter-and-fall-run salmon Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife September 5, 2026From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is...
SF BAYKEEPER: State Water Board capitulates to special interests in new Sites Reservoir permit San Francisco Baykeeper CommentaryPlanning and management September 5, 2026From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Yesterday, the California Water Resources Control Board (Board) issued a new draft of its water...
