Statewide Snowpack Falls Well Below Average Following Consecutive Dry Months
Press Release Provided by California Department of Water Resources
On March 1st the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the third snow...
Is California’s Water Strategy Wrong?
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
Talk to folks in the biggest cities in California, and the answer to the California’s...
Dry January Conditions Return Snowpack to Near Average Levels
Press Release Provided by the California Department of Water Resources
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the second snow survey...
Innovative Solar Project Awarded State Funds: DWR Funds Turlock Irrigation District to Install Solar...
Press release provided by the California Department of Water Resources
On February 8th, the California Department of Water Resources announced the award...
Changes to Clean Water Rule Will Hurt Family Farms
Press Release Provided by the American Farm Bureau Federation
Member farmers from the American Farm Bureau Federation will participate in a roundtable...
Early Winter Storms Provide Much-Needed Sierra Snowpack
Press Release provided by the Department of Water Resources
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first snow survey of...
KCFB: President’s Message
By Patty Poire, President, Kern County Farm Bureau
Happy New Year! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Christmas...
Judge Reviews Biological Opinions in Water Dispute
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
Christine Souza
Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
A federal judge is...
DWR Announces Initial State Water Project Allocation, Additional Actions to Prepare for Third Dry...
Press Release Provided by California Department of Water Resources
On December 1st, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its initial State...
Moving Towards Sustainable Water Supplies
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
SGMA, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, has lots of folks worried, and for good reason....
Temporary Power Generators Now Online to Support California’s Electricity Grid
Press Release Provided by California Department of Water Resources
Four temporary mobile emergency power generating units totaling 120 megawatts (MW) deployed by...
Reclamation Awards Construction Contract for First Phase of Friant-Kern Canal Repairs
Construction to restore critical water supply infrastructure for San Joaquin Valley to begin by year’s end
Press Release Provided by Friant Water...
Research Seeks Resilience for Aquifers
By Bob Johnson, Reporter, Monterey County
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
One day in early October, a group of University...
On-farm Recharge Is Essential for Sustainability
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
Some of you may have seen the movie or heard the story of Dunkirk. At...
Working With Strangers to Make the Pie Bigger
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
The Sustainable Groundwater Act (SGMA) has had some unfortunate side effects. It has pitted neighbor...
National Ag, Water Coalition Applauds Senate Passage of Infrastructure Bill
Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation
With nearly two-thirds of the West experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions, and more...
Robustly Full to Empty Reservoirs
Press Release Provided by the California Farm Water Coalition
In two years, California’s State reservoirs have gone from beginning water 2020 “robustly”...
Is There Any Hope for Delta Smelt?
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
Delta smelt have been protected under both the federal and state Endeared Species Acts since...
COMMENTARY: Who’s Actually Leading the State’s Water Infrastructure?
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
California has been a state for nearly 200 years. One might think by now...
Governor Newsom Expands Drought Proclamation to Include Nine New Counties as Drought Conditions Persist...
This Second Expansion of the Emergency Drought Proclamation Now Covers 50 out of California’s 58 Counties and Calls for a 15%...
California Water Management Problem
By Jenifer VanAlstein, Feature Contributor, Valley Ag Voice
California is in yet another tough water year. It seems as though we are...
Statement From Friant Water Authority on 2021 Drought Operations
Reprinted with Permission from Friant Water Authority
Recent actions by the State Water Resources Control Board, Bureau of Reclamation, and California Department...
National Coalition Presses for Water Supply Infrastructure
Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation
Citing an “acute and critical need” magnified by another all-too-familiar drought, a national coalition...
Construction Begins on Emergency Drought Barrier in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Press Release Provided by the California Department of Water Resources
In response to worsening drought conditions in California, today the Department of...
Smarter Water Diversions
By Scott Hamilton, President, Hamilton Resource Economics
More and more farmers and water managers are faced with a tricky problem – how...
Governor’s Actions Point to Need for Long-term Water Investment
Press Release Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation
Actions in a widened drought emergency order issued today by Gov. Gavin Newsom will...
Hurtado Bill to Repair and Restore State Water Project and Central Valley Project Infrastructure...
Press Release Provided by Senator Melissa Hurtado
In late April, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) released the following statement after her bill, SB...
USDA-NASS Forecasts Larger Almond Crop
Press Release Provided by Almond Board of California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is predicting an...
State Water Agencies, CA Water Data Consortium and EDF Partner on Groundwater Accounting Platform...
Press Release Provided by Department of Water Resources
State water agencies, the California Water Data Consortium (Consortium) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)...
Irrigation Districts Look to Transfers as Water Dwindles
By Christine Souza, Assistant Editor, Ag Alert
Reprinted with Permission from California Farm Bureau Federation
With very little water to spare this drought...
