State Water Board Action Threatens Jobs, Food Supply In a stunning move that could wreak havoc on California farms, the broader California economy and our food supply in a time of national crisis, the California State Water Resources Board is trying to use regulatory maneuvers to cut this year’s water supply to California farms. In […]
Governor urged to end lawsuit, back away from California’s Incidental Take Permit A letter, dated May 6, 2020, to Sen. Dianne Feinstein from Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman and second letter on the same date from six members of the California Congressional Delegation to Governor Gavin Newsom urge California to take a new course of cooperation instead […]
May 1, 2020 Letter to Governor Newsom [gview file=”https://www.farmwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newsom-Ag-Letter-FINAL-May-1-2020.pdf”] Dear Governor Newsom: Thank you for your clear and decisive leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your administration’s response to this crisis reflects California’s spirit of community, motivated by the innovation and individualism that makes California stronger, safer and a partner its neighbors and the nation can […]
On the farm, every day is Earth Day Scientific Study + Proven Results = Smarter Water Management and Greater Reliability for All Californians Every Californian knows that water policies should be balanced to help support fish populations and the environment, productive farmland, businesses, and people. That’s not happening because decade-old science is embedded in a […]
It Is Time to Modernize Our Water Supply Infrastructure “Today’s letters by over 150 agricultural organizations and water interests to President Trump and Congress underscores the need for investments in our water supply infrastructure to protect the nation’s food supply “The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much we all depend on a reliable food supply […]
Funding Shovel-Ready Water Projects Can Help California Recover More Quickly As the news cautiously turns to a discussion of getting back to work, we’re all trying to envision, and plan for, what our new world will look like. In California, one issue we still must deal with is ensuring an adequate water supply for people, […]
New Federal Biological Opinions Utilize the Latest Science to Benefit Fish and Other Water Users One thing all Californians know for certain is that our current system of managing water isn’t working for anyone. Over the past decade, struggling fish populations have continued to decline, farms have been forced to fallow land, and cities and […]
Statement by Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition on the Initial Allocation Announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation February 25, 2020 “Today’s announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation of a 15 percent initial allocation for water supplies south of the Delta is clearly the result of the dry hydrology California is […]
Newsom on California Water Future On January 29, 2020 Governor Newsom spoke on the topics of energy, wildfires and climate change to an audience with PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California.) He was asked about his strategy for California water. These are real human beings whose lives are being torn asunder because of the scarcity […]
In October of 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released new biological opinions (BiOps) analyzing the operation of the Federal Central Valley project (CVP) and the California State Water Project (SWP). Following the release of the BiOps, there were numerous inaccurate characterizations of the opinions. To […]