Thursday, March 28, 2024

Farm Bureau Endorses Senate Water Legislation

Press Release: Provided by California Farm Bureau Federation June 20, 2019  Water legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate recognizes the continued crisis...

State Water Project Allocations Increase to 75 Percent

Press Release: provided by  Department of Water Resources Sacramento, Calif., June 20, 2019—The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced it will increase...

Isabella Dam Release Surges as Kern River Inflow to Lake Isabella Hits Seasonal High

June 20, 2019 Shortly after my May 2019 Kern River water report for the Valley Ag Voice was circulated, the full impact...

State Senator Melissa Hurtado and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Collaborate to Restore Clean Water...

Press Release: Provide by Senator Melissa Hurtado May 23, 2019 SACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) today announced collaborative efforts with...
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Voluntary Agreement on Water Represents The Future and Deserves Prop 68 Funding

By: Mike Wade, Executive Director, California Farm Water Coalition California has always prided itself on cutting-edge ideas. It is the place others...
California State Capitol

Local Comments on the Governors Water Plan

Kern County Water Agency Responds to the Governors Water Resiliency Portfolio The Kern County Water Agency (Agency) supports the effort to develop...
Kern River Canyon Bakersfield California

Isabella Lake Storage To be Restricted in 2019 Due to Dam Construction Efforts

Numerous Challenges Await Kern River Group as Kern River Snowmelt Surges May 20, 2019 As of midnight, May 19, 2019, Isabella Reservoir storage...
Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region

Reclamation Updates 2019 Central Valley Project South-of-Delta Water Allocations

Press Release:  Provided by The US Bureau of Reclamation May 22, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation Wednesday issued updated Central...
Water Canal

State Withdraws WaterFix Approvals, Initiates Planning and Permitting for a Smaller Single Tunnel

PRESS RELEASE: California Natural Resources Agency May 2, 2019 SACRAMENTO – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today is taking formal steps to...
California Golden Trout

Kern River Hatchery Reopens with Mission to Raise and Plant Native Trout

PRESS RELEASE: California Department of Fish and Wildlife May 3, 2019 The Kern River Hatchery has reopened to the public with a bold...
CDWR staff conduct the May 2019 snow survey at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Photo: CDWR

Final Phillips Survey of 2019 Finds Healthy Late-Spring Snowpack: California’s Snowpack is Cold and...

Press Release:  Provided by The California Department of Water Resources May 02, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today...