http://fishsniffer.com/index.php/2016/12/06/two-top-dwr-officials-are-retiring-at-end-of-year/ by Dan Bacher Mark Cowin, the Director of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and Carl Torgersen, the DWR Chief Deputy Director, will be retiring from their positions at the embattled agency at the end of 2016. News of the two officials’ retirement, common knowledge in DWR for some time, was confirmed today…

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/30/1605652/-Coalition-asks-Obama-to-terminate-Jerry-Brown-s-Delta-Tunnels-plan By Dan Bacher Wednesday Nov 30, 2016 · 12:59 PM PST On November 28, a coalition of California conservation, fishing and public interest organizations urged the Obama Administration to terminate Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels plan, the California WaterFix, before Donald Trump is inaugurated in January. “It is time now to make the right decision,” the groups said in a…

OCTOBER 28, 2016 4:00 AM BY MATT WEISER In 1877, an early explorer of the Yosemite backcountry descended from the mountains and opted to take what was, then, an expedient route back to the Bay Area: He built a raft out of wood and floated home. He launched his craft on the lower reaches of…

By Foothills Water Network – October 25, 2016, 05:41:26 PM Protest of NID’s application based on environmental, public interest and legal grounds Nevada City, Calif. October 25, 2016 – The Foothills Water Network, a coalition of conservation and recreation organizations, submitted a joint water rights protest to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) today…

By Dan Bacher 2016/09/23 · 20:04 One day after Governor Jerry Brown once again posed as a “green governor” and “climate leader” while delivering the opening remarks at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, a coalition of fishing, conservation and public interest groups sent a letter to the state and federal…