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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
While many had hoped that the huge storms in October and December would bring an end to California’s drought, it was always going to take a lot more rain and snow to make up for the deficit after several dry years (as wonderfully illustrated in the [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Did you know that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ("SFPUC") has been working with the Trump Administration to try to stop the State of California’s efforts to restore the health of the Tuolumne River? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The past weeks following our recent large storms have been awash in misinformation and hypocrisy about operating and permitting water infrastructure in California. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
During a campaign stop in Arizona last week, President Trump issued a memorandum outlining steps that the Federal Government will take to attack environmental prote [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
While the State’s newest proposal for voluntary agreements in the Bay-Delta leaves a lot of unanswered questions, the initial analysis reveals a deeply troubling direction. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
While this year is shaping up to be a catastrophe for salmon in California, it is not a surprise—it was anticipated and, shockingly, authorized under the Trump Administration’s final permits (known as biological opinions, or "BiOps" for short). [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Over the past several weeks, a series of storms have lashed California, causing widespread damage across the state, including significant flooding of homes, landslides, sinkholes and road closures, downed trees, and sadly, loss of life. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
On October 1, the Bureau of Reclamation formally began the multi-year process to replace the Trump Administration’s blatantly unlawful biological opinions for the operation of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project in California’s Bay-Delta watershed by requesting what is know [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
On January 31, the Trump Administration is scheduled to release its new proposal for the operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act (known as a biological assessment). [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
After years of exclusionary backroom negotiations over Bay-Delta voluntary agreements, earlier this week the State made a ham-fisted attempt to greenwash these proposed voluntary agreements, sending [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In addition to Trumpian arguments about “new” science (See part one of this blog), agribusinesses and water agencies that would benefit from increased water diversions from California’s Bay-De [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Late Friday the State Water Resources Control Board appeared to tentatively approve a temperature management plan for Shasta Dam that sacrifices salmon and fishing jobs for agribusiness profits th [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Why is the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) collaborating with the Trump Administration to weaken protections for salmon and other endangered species in the Bay-Delta, even as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has strongly opposed these rollbacks, and the State [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Why does the Department of Water Resources’ draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Delta tunnel project refuse to consider any operational alternatives that increase flows into and through the Delta to protect salmon and the environment? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
There will undoubtedly always be some folks who believe the myth that building new dams and reservoirs will be a silver bullet that solves California’s water supply challenges. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
When was the last time that you heard a water district in California complaining that in the future, they will have too much water supply? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In recent weeks, there have been howls of protest aimed at the California Water Commission from the proponents of big new dams like Temperance Flat and Sites Reservoir, because the Commission rigorou [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The House Interior Appropriations Committee, led by Rep. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
After spending the past several months reviewing the Bureau of Reclamation’s biological assessment (BA) for the Trump Administration’s rewrite of the 2008 and 2009 biological opinions protecting Delta Smelt and salmon in the Bay-Delta watershed, [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Yesterday, the federal Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling granting in part the motions for preliminary injunction filed against the Trump Administration by the State o [read post]
