Several attorneys who focus on California food and agriculture issues believe the private and public sectors must work together to quickly find a mutual solution to the controversial nitrate-groundwater issue, which gained public attention after a UC Davis study last year that found contaminants in drinking water.
Chico Enterprise-Record (4/11/2013) -- The days of using merely water from snowpack, rivers and streams is over, said Jay Lund in a talk about groundwater, as part of a lecture series at Chico State University.
Scientists, managers and policymakers will together discuss what adapting to climate change really means for the future of California’s water on April 8-9 at the UC Center in Sacramento.
An environmental engineering journal will be presenting its 2013 Best Policy-Oriented Paper Award to Jay Lund, director of the Center, and one of his former students for their article comparing conflicts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the game of Chicken.
After nearly three years as our go-to person for map-making and field data collection, Anna Fryhoff-Hung is leaving to pursue her dream as a rock-climbing instructor for Outward Bound.
The state’s water resources director Mark Cowin is scheduled to deliver the final talk in the Center’s California water policy speakers series on Monday, March 18.
Next to New Orleans, Sacramento has the greatest flood risk of any major urban area in America. Most residents live below the water level flowing by in the Sacramento and American rivers.
Jeffrey Mount, a recently retired professor of geology and founding director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, tells KQED radio that California will need to move southbound export water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to comply with current laws that put water needs and the environment on equal footing.
Felicia Marcus, a member of the State Water Resources Control Board, is scheduled to talk about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on Monday, March 4, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm at 1227 Haring Hall.
California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird is scheduled to address some of the state's most pressing water issues Monday, Feb. 25, 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm, in 1227 Haring.
