Officials Celebrate as Critical Water Source Hits Unprecedented Milestone: 'An Important Benchmark'

Officials celebrate as critical water source hits unprecedented milestone: 'An important benchmark'

In a state often struggling with water scarcity and record-breaking droughts, a promising milestone is being reached in Northern California. Lake Oroville is expected to reach its full capacity of 900 feet this spring, fueled by robust snowmelt from California's northern mountains, according to Newsweek. Despite less snow than in the past two years, consistent winter storms and a healthy snowpack in the northern Sierra have kept the state's majo…

Northern California Lawmakers Oppose Newsom’s Plan to Speed Up $20 Billion Delta Tunnel

Northern California lawmakers are pushing back against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to expedite a $20 billion tunnel project designed to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta Conveyance Project intends to modernize the State Water Project, a massive water management system that’s over 60 years old. It would build a 45-mile tunnel to channel water from the Sacramento River to the aqueduct that serves Southern California. Newso…

'Ecosystem in crisis:' Groups say Delta water policies endanger salmon

The Delta is an “ecosystem in crisis,” with state and federal water policies doing great harm to chinook salmon and steelhead populations, seven environmental groups and a Native American tribe allege in a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board.Two of the state’s top water delivery systems, the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, are “exacerbating conditions for endangered species at high risk of extinction in the San …