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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
On Thursday (11/21) we may find out whether the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is proposing operations of the State Water Project that are significantly more protective than the Trump Administration’s biological opinions, or whether DWR will be aligning with the Trump Administrati [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
With the planned operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project threatening to cause the extinction of winter-run salmon and Delta Smelt if drought continues in 2022, as well as causing devastating impacts to other salmon runs and the Tribes, fishing fleet, and communiti [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Yesterday, attorneys for the State Water Contractors filed a motion to intervene in litigation challenging the Trump Administration’s recent biological opinions in the Bay-Delta. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The Trump Administration is stepping up its attacks on California’s rivers, salmon, and other native fish and wildlife, and the thousands of fishing jobs that depend on these environmental protections. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order this week that legalizes the State Water Board’s waiver of minimum water quality objectives in the Bay-Delta and pressures the State Water B [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
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]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
For several years, state and federal agencies, local water districts, and a few conservation groups have participated in negotiations regarding potential voluntary settlements on Delta flows. [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
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
Rather than planning for droughts and ensuring that minimum water quality objectives are achieved in critically dry years, the proposed voluntary agreement appears to be a “plan to fail” to protect the Delta in future droughts. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
As today’s Los Angeles Times reports, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and other water districts that obtain water from the State Water Project and federal [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
This fall, as the Trump Administration escalates its attacks on California’s environmental protections, Governor Newsom’s team will face difficult tests regarding California water. [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
California’s ongoing drought – or more accurately, our new normal in light of the reality of climate change – demonstrates that California’s water system is effectively bankrupt and broken, the result of having promised far more water ( [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The Biden Administration has an opportunity later this year to begin the process of reforming one of the most unreasonable water contracts in California: the San Joaquin River Exchange Contract. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
After 10 years of study and extensive public outreach, the State Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to vote Wednesday to adopt new flow and water quality standa [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and everything else that 2020 is throwing at us, in early August the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) filed a lawsu [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]
