On January 28, 29, and 30, Californians turned out in large numbers to oppose the Newsom Administration’s backroom water agreements at the State Water Resources Control Board’s public hearings on the update of Bay-Delta water quality regulations. En masse, Californians urged the Board to adopt the stronger new flow requirements to reverse the collapse of fish and wildlife populations in the estuary. FOR staff gave powerful presentations about the importance of freshwater flow through the SF Bay-Delta estuary, and on the Water Board’s history of delay…

Valley agricultural movers and shakers ask the President to finish the federal environmental review and move the illegal Shasta Dam raise forward while bean counters quietly shake their heads…

DWR’s planners revel in telling the California Water Commission about the big changes coming to the California Water Plan. Will it be a return to the bad old days? They say so, but will reality intervene?

Responding to a January comment deadline, FOR and our partners provide reasons why this proposed $1.1 billion dam on Del Puerto Creek makes no sense from an economic, water supply, or environmental prospective.

Here’s the latest regarding the state of dam proposals within California. A lot will sound familiar, but the stories are not all finished, nor all happy ones…

California’s wild and scenic river champions are at it again: Senator Alex Padilla and Representatives Jared Huffman, Salud Carbajal, and Judy Chu have reintroduced legislation to protect nearly 700 miles of rivers and hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands. Though these bills have been introduced before, their return signals unwavering determination to secure lasting protections for California’s rivers.