BK In The News: March 30, 2024
On February 22, 2024, the State Water Resources Control Board received a Petition for Change from the Department of Water Resources to add two new points of diversion and rediversion to the water right permits associated with the State Water Project. Protests against the change petition must be...
BK In The News: March 21, 2024
A Sacramento judge upheld a decision by California’s water regulator to cut back agricultural and municipal water use from the San Joaquin River. The decision could lend support for future regulations in the rest of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system.
It comes amid declining fish...
BK In The News: March 20, 2024
A court has upheld a key decision by California’s water board calling for reductions in water diversions from the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to help revive struggling fish populations.
In his ruling, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Stephen Acquisto rejected lawsuits by water...
BK In The News: March 18, 2024
A state policy that seeks to protect California’s major rivers and creeks by cracking down on how much water is pumped out by cities and farms can move forward despite widespread opposition, the Superior Court has ruled.
The long-awaited decision on what’s known as the Bay-Delta Plan denies 116...
Press Release: February 22, 2024
Governor Newsom Doubles Down on Controversial Delta Tunnel
California's Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Extinction
Governor Newsom’s Water Resources Department applied for a permit today, which would allow the agency to build the controversial Delta tunnel project. The tunnel would divert...
Press Release: January 30, 2024
Governor Newsom's "Salmon Strategy" will Accelerate Decline of Central Valley Salmon Runs
San Francisco Baykeeper Issues Statement
Governor Newsom today announced a plan to support California’s embattled salmon fishery, which he dubbed "California's Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future."...
BK In The News: January 24, 2024
California is at the forefront of a global crisis known as the Anthropocene extinction. This rapid eradication of living diversity is not caused by meteor strikes or volcanic eruptions, but by human activity. No animal group is more at risk than fishes. Researchers recently concluded that our state...
BK In The News: January 24, 2024
Conservation groups are taking aim at the California Department of Water Resources' review and approval of the Delta Conveyance Project, claiming it glossed over harms that would stem from an estimated $16 billion push to augment the State Water Project with a 45-mile water diversion tunnel under...
BK In The News: December 14, 2023
SACRAMENTO – As California’s salmon and other fish populations struggle to survive, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on Friday, Dec. 8 released the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the embattled Delta Conveyance Project, AKA Delta Tunnel.
BK In The News: December 9, 2023
In the face of heavy opposition from environmental groups, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration are pushing forward with a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — a project the governor says is vital to modernizing the state’s aging...