Drought

Six student groups from three states have been identified as the winners of the Visualize Your Water Quality high school citizen science challenge hosted by Esri of Redlands, Calif. along with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Geological Survey and the National Geographic Society. Visualize You Water Quality in …

Improved Water Supply Conditions Have Helped Loosen Drought’s Grip  Metropolitan Water District (MWD) has announced plans to reopen the boat launches at Diamond Valley Lake (DVL) in mid-May thanks to Metropolitan making its first significant water deliveries into the lake in more than three years. DVL, near Hemet in southwest …

California’s on-going drought and water diversions to Los Angeles are taking a toll on not only water levels at Mono Lake but also on the nearly 100 species of birds that annually flock to the lake. The lake currently stands at just 6,378.11 ft., a mere 13 in. above what …

Fish and Wildlife Contends Only a Small Portion of Baby Salmon are Involved  The Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) has voiced their opposition to a decision by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to abandon a successful trucking program that increases salmon survival and is instead dumping Feather …

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in U. S. District Court in San Francisco asserting that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to protect water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as spelled out in the Clean Water Act. The Natural Resources Defense Council, The Bay …

A free briefing addressing water project operations will be held in Fresno on Tuesday, April 26 sponsored by the Water Education Foundation and the California Department of Water Resources in cooperation with the Center for Irrigation Technology. Following last year’s reduced water allocations by both the State Water Project and …