Tribal water issues Archives ~ Page 2 of 8 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK STAGING

May 21, 2025

Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers representing the Delta say Newsom is trying to upend existing water rights and land acquisition...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Tribes and statewide organizations urge legislators to reject Governor Newsom’s Delta tunnel and Bay-Delta Plan trailer bills

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

May 21, 2025

Groups call on lawmakers to protect environmental safeguards and public processes while rejecting attempts to fast-track costly infrastructure projects The...

GIANNINI FOUNDATION OF AG ECON: Bargaining for Tribal water in California

Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics

Water rights and water law

May 5, 2025

By Leslie Sanchez and Eric C. Edwards, Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics Stark power disparities between Native American Tribes (tribes)...

PRESS RELEASE: Tribes celebrate historic Trinity River water agreement

Hoopa Valley Tribe

Policy and regulation

April 3, 2025

The ceremony at the confluence of Trinity River marks a critical step toward honoring water rights and delivering 50,000 Acre-Feet...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: New hope for saving salmon: Weaving together Indigenous and Western sciences to restore California’s winter-run chinook

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

March 12, 2025

By Robin Meadows Jamie Ward grew up hearing the stories his people have told for countless generations on the slopes...

PRESS RELEASE: Yurok Tribe restores prairie and salmon-spawning stream

Yurok Tribe

Ecosystems

January 24, 2025

Tribe Begins Restoring 60 Acres of Prairie, Two Miles of Lower Blue Creek for Fish and Wildlife Press release from...

PRESS RELEASE: U.S. EPA urges swift action on Bay-Delta Plan in support of Tribal and Bay-Delta communities

Restore the Delta

Policy and regulation

January 23, 2025

DTEC urges the State Water Board and the Governor to take EPA findings into account in completing Bay Delta Plan...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fire and water: How cultural burns boost streamflows

Robin Meadows

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

January 16, 2025

By Robin Meadows On a mild November day in California’s Sacramento Valley, Diana Almendariz ignites a clump of dry grass...

PRESS RELEASE: Tribal-Environmental Coalition calls for justice and equity in Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

January 14, 2025

Press release from the Delta Tribal-Environmental Coalition: Administrative comments filed last Friday by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) urge...