Baykeeper Updates Related to Water Resources

Press Release: December 8, 2023
Newsom Administration Releases Environmental Report for Delta Tunnel    New Water Diversion Would Doom Salmon, Sturgeon, Steelhead, Smelt   The California Department of Water Resources today released the final environmental impact report for its proposed Delta Conveyance project. The Delta...
BK In The News: November 15, 2023
In 2014, California voters passed a proposition using $7.5 billion dollars in state funds to expand water storage capacity. Nearly 10 years later, people say not much has come from the vote. The main focus on their minds is the failure to expand Shasta Dam.
Blog Post: September 21, 2023
As multiple California fish species teeter on the brink of extinction, and both commercial and recreational fisheries face imminent collapse, a new project threatens to push them over the edge. The proposed Sites dams project—a series of diversions and dams in the Sacramento Valley—would divert...
BK In The News: November 10, 2022
Three of California’s biggest water suppliers, including the city of San Francisco, have reached a deal with the state that calls for reducing their immense consumption of river water but not as much as the state had initially demanded.
Press Release: October 6, 2022
Jeopardized by Excessive Freshwater Diversions, Imperiled San Francisco Bay Fish One Step Closer to Protection SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the San Francisco Bay population of longfin smelt as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The...
BK In The News: September 28, 2022
SAN JOSE (BCN/CBS SF) -- Bay Area environmental watchdog San Francisco Baykeeper filed suit on Tuesday against the Santa Clara Valley Water District for allegedly violating the state Constitution and the Fish and Game Code through its water management practices. "Valley Water has failed for years...
BK In The News: August 31, 2022
In the absence of a government program to contend with harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Delta, a loose coalition of academics and environmental and community groups has been studying their spread and potential health impacts both from ground level and from the air. San Francisco Baykeeper has...
Press Release: July 27, 2022
The California Department of Water Resources today released an environmental impact report for its proposed Delta tunnel project, which would divert water from the Sacramento River under  the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, denying critical flows to San Francisco Bay.    The Delta tunnel project is...
Press Release: May 11, 2022
Today, the SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board approved its Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit, which is supposed to reduce the trash, metals, and bacteria that Bay Area cities discharge into the Bay from city streets every time it rains. Unfortunately, the agency's plan is deeply flawed...
Column: September 30, 2021
Because of the drought, Governor Newsom asked Californians to conserve water. Yet, during drought, the state’s almond, walnut, and pistachio orchards suck up more water than all of us combined. It would be laughable, except that I’m crying. These industrial nut farms—more than 2 million acres of...

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