Blog Post: October 24, 2023
The 2023 legislative session has drawn to a close, and a number of bills are now law.
Here are a few legislative highlights that Baykeeper supported:
Investigating Water Rights: SB 389 is long overdue and gives the State Water Board the authority to investigate and rein in unauthorized water...
BK In The News: October 8, 2023
California water regulators have released a long-awaited analysis of options for managing flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where fish populations have been declining and the ecosystem has been deteriorating.
The delta is the central hub of the state’s water system, drawing together...
BK In The News: September 29, 2023
With the Bay-Delta watershed in the throes of an ecological crisis, California’s water regulators Thursday unveiled several controversial options for managing the heart of the state’s water supply.
The long-awaited, nearly 6,000-page draft is part of a fiercely contentious but under-the-radar...
Press Release: September 25, 2023
Oakland—In order to ensure the health of San Francisco Bay, its wildlife, and local residents, it's critical to protect the entire Bay watershed, which depends on fresh water flowing into the Bay from the Central Valley tributary rivers. Historically, these waters created the largest inland estuary...
BK In The News: September 12, 2023
At the September 6 State Water Resources Control Board meeting, Board members took another step forward in the long-running effort to update the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan (or Bay-Delta Plan) by unanimously approving initial biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River. Erin Foresman...
BK In The News: July 6, 2023
"Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that declining fish populations are driven by unsustainable water diversions, the Newsom administration has taken every opportunity to increase water diversions by powerful corporate agribusinesses and urban water brokers," said Jon Rosenfield of San...
Tribes and conservation groups rally at State Capitol for water justice and to save imperiled salmon
BK In The News: July 6, 2023
SACRAMENTO — Representatives of California Tribes, fishing groups and conservation groups held a big rally at the State Capitol on July 5 to advocate for water rights and to protest the Governor’s plans to build the Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir and the state and federal government’s refusal to...
Press Release: July 5, 2023
PRESS RELEASE for July 5, 2023
For more information, contact:
Brian Smith, (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com
Regina Chichizola, Save California Salmon (541) 951-0126, regina@californiasalmon.org
Fiona Baker, San Francisco Baykeeper, (510) 671-5705, fiona@baykeeper.org
Sacramento, CA – California...
BK In The News: June 20, 2023
This year, as California’s extreme drought gives way to floods, the need for a science-based plan for sustainable water management has never been more clear. Such a plan would align human demands and environmental needs with the supply of water that nature provides each year. Call it balancing our ...
BK In The News: April 29, 2023
Even as the spring heat wave that’s thawed California’s record Sierra Nevada snowpack comes to a close, communities across the Central Valley and the state’s northeastern mountains are continuing to prepare for potentially dangerous flooding.
Already, near-overflowing rivers triggered the closure...