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  • Hydropower delays pose grid threat as permits lapse

    https://www.eenews.net/articles/hydropower-delays-pose-grid-threat-as-permits-lapse/ By Miranda Willson 09/20/2023 07:13 AM EDT When the operator of the nation’s tallest dam applied for a new federal permit in 2005, few expected the process to drag on for more than a decade. It’s still not done. California’s Oroville Dam is among a dozen major hydroelectric projects that have been waiting over…

  • Coalition of groups submits protest against water rights application for Sites Reservoir

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/5/2190824/-Coalition-of-groups-submits-protest-against-water-rights-application-for-Sites-Reservoir By Dan Bacher Tuesday, September 05, 2023 at 3:53:37p PDT SACRAMENTO, CA – Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), along with a coalition of tribes and environmental organizations, on August 31 submitted a protest against the water rights application and petitions of the Sites Project Authority for the…

  • California appeals court rules against Westlands Water District in dispute over its contract with feds

    https://www.courthousenews.com/california-appeals-court-rules-against-westlands-water-district-in-dispute-over-its-contract-with-feds/ Alanna Madden August 8, 2023 The contract sought would have provided the district with permanent access to over one million acre-feet of water for agricultural purposes. (CN) — A California appeals court Monday ruled against a major U.S. agricultural water supplier seeking to secure permanent access to federally controlled water in California. The order…

  • CDCR agrees to clean up its mess at Mule Creek

    https://www.ledger.news/news/cdcr-agrees-to-clean-up-its-mess-at-mule-creek/article_2be592c4-f9bd-11ed-a2cb-b39c8bcad177.html Ledger Dispatch May 23, 2023 In what is being labeled by county officials as a “huge victory” for Amador County, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on Thursday, May 18 entered into a consent decree to settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by Amador County, agreeing to undertake $11 million in…

  • Newsom touts $60-million plan for ‘fishway’ along Yuba River; critics say it falls short

    https://www.aol.com/news/newsom-touts-60-million-plan-212158120.html ALEX WIGGLESWORTH Updated May 17, 2023 at 4:38 PM Citing the need to boost survival rates for imperiled salmon and sturgeon along the heavily dammed Yuba River, state, local and federal officials have announced a $60-million plan to build a channel that will allow fish to swim easily around a dam that has impeded…