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Water In The West #2
Sacramento Bee:  First field survey of Sierra snowpack set for today  Dec 30, 2008 Spokane Spokesman-Review:  Snowfall breaks records in Spokane  Dec 30, 2008
Coeur d'Alene Press:  Snowfall smashes records in northern Idaho  Dec 30, 2008 AP:  Sierra snowpack thicker than last year  Dec 30, 2008
Capital Press:  Confidence in Oregon's water supplies evaporates  Dec 31, 2008 Casper Star-Tribune:  December storms pile on the snowpack in Wyoming  Dec 31, 2008
Capital Press:  Fiscal woes affecting water quality projects in California  Dec 31, 2008 Capital Press Commentary:  San Joaquin River Settlement must be changed  Dec 31, 2008
AP:  Laser aimed at farm water - Experimental contraption focuses on how much water is lost to evaporation  Dec 31, 2008 Sacramento Bee:  My View: State's water woes require a broad approach  Dec 31, 2008
New York Times:  Signs of Another California Drought Year  Jan 1, 2009  AP:   Late-December storms help Idaho snowpack recover  Jan 2, 2009
Modesto Bee:  Only snow-deep, Sierra survey is cause for drought concern  Jan 2, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Governor's Panel Urges Breaking Ground on Peripheral Canal in 2011   Jan 3, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Schwarzenegger Gushes about Low Carbon Fuel Standards as He Pushes Canal  Jan 5, 2009 Capital Press:  Idaho tries to get more snow from storms  Jan 5, 2009
Capital Press:  Not guilty pleas for 4 in Nevada water fraud case  Jan 6, 2009 San Diego Union Tribune:  La Niña blamed for more drought  Jan 6, 2009
AP:  Environmental group backs canal for California delta  Jan 7, 2009 Dan Bacher:  The Nature Conservancy Backs Schwarzenegger's Big Ditch  Jan 8, 2009
Idaho Statesman:  Idaho's water holds financial promise  Jan 8, 2009 Jackson Hole Daily:  River, range bill on table  Jan 8, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  BuRec Washington facility to carry name of former commissioner  Jan 8, 2009 Northwest Fishletter:  Feds Say Black Rock Project Too Expensive  Jan 8, 2009 
San Francisco Chronicle Opinion:  Shutting off the water pumps to save delta smelt unwarranted  Jan 8, 2009  Sacramento Bee:  Federal draft report: Delta system imperils fish  Jan 9, 2008
Christian Science Monitor:  Higher temperatures exacerbate drought in SW United States  Jan 9, 2008 Santa Fe New Mexican:  N.M. senator again introduces package of water-rights bills  Jan 8, 2009
George Miller, San Francisco Chronicle Opinion:  In the drying West, dams are no longer the answer  Jan 8, 2009 Oregonian:   Washington researchers track effect of dirty snow  Jan 12, 2009
Denver Post:  Conservation groups boost dam efforts in Colorado, Montana  Jan 11, 2009 Las Vegas Review Journal:  Nevada water official says climate change must not be ignored  Jan 13, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Stop Schwarzenegger's End Run to Build the Peripheral Canal  Jan 13, 2009 AP:  Water rationing likely in SoCal this spring  Jan 14, 2009
Seattle Times:  Release from federal dam swelled floodwaters in Washington state  Jan 14, 2009 Wall Street Journal:  In California, Hot and Dry Conditions Stir Drought Concerns  Jan 14, 2009
Contra Costa Times: Biologists fear for survival of endangered Delta fish  Jan 15, 2009 Capital Press:  CA - Cloud seeding ignites debate  Jan 15, 2009
Capital Press:  Winter weather brings good news  Jan 15, 2009 Albuquerque Journal:  Navajo Nation water settlement part of public-lands bill  Jan 16, 2009
Arizona Republic:  Arizona, tribe reach accord on water rights  Jan 16, 2009 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Basin 2008-2009 Water Supply Forecast Shows 88 Percent Of Average January-July   Jan 16, 2008
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Soot From Pollution Causing Early Winter Snowpack Runoff In Cascades, Rockies  Jan 16, 2009 AP:  Calif. farmers divided over delta canal proposal  Jan 16, 2009
Oregonian:  Columbia River's 'Unacceptable' Toxic Levels  Jan 16, 2009 News10.net:  Prolonged Drought Causing Fear For Farmers  Jan 17, 2009
Government Technology:  GIS Maps, Computerized Sprinklers Help Munis During Drought  Jan 19, 2009 New West:  Montana's Three Rivers Challenge deserves funding  Jan 20, 2009
AndersonValleyPost.com:  December dryness concerns ag experts  Jan 20, 2009 AlterNet:  Is There an Upside to the Southwest's Increasing Drought?  Jan 21, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho water agency asks lawmakers to shore up aquifer funding  Jan 22, 2009 High Country News:  Forest Service Water Policy  Jan 19, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle Opinion:  Water is a human right  Jan 22, 2009 AP:  Calif. farmers slash planting to cope with drought  Jan 22, 2009
Central Valley Business Times:  Drought, court orders could cost Central Valley 60000 jobs  Jan 22, 2009 Spokane Spokesman-Review:  Idaho, Washington support Spokane River study  Jan 23, 2009
AP:  Experts offer grim water outlook for California, Nevada  Jan 23, 2009 Bloomberg:  California Recruits Water-Saving ‘Heroes’ as Drought Drags On  Jan 23, 2009
Crescenta Valley Sun:  ‘Diva of drought’ is here  Jan 23. 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Rain not enough to fix water woes  Jan 23, 2009
AP:  California's drought problem has less land being farmed  Jan 23, 2009 AP:  Calif farmers idle crops, veggie prices may rise  Jan 25, 2009
Santa Fe New Mexican:  Idaho native helps map New Mexico's aquifers  Jan 26, 2009 Christian Science Monitor:  USGS study predicts much drier times ahead for Southwest  Jan 26, 2009 
Merced Sun-Star:  Water picture grim: Westside farmers may not get federal deliveries  Jan 24, 2009 AP:  Calif farmers idle crops, veggie prices may rise  Jan 26, 2009
Washington Post:  Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon back in contention  Jan 28, 2009 Yakima Herald:  Washington state bill would limit groundwater for livestock  Jan 28, 2009
Pacific Legal Foundation Opinion:  Shutting off the water pumps to save delta smelt unwarranted  Jan 8, 2009 Folsom, CA Telegraph:  Folsom to declare stage three water alert due to drought  Jan 27, 2009
Marin, CA Independent-Journal:  Dry conditions have Marin talking water drought, rationing  Jan 27, 2009 Pioneer Press:  Experts warn of dire water needs  Jan 28, 2009
California Farm Bureau:  Water-related job losses could total 40000+, UC estimates  Jan 28, 2009 AP:  Grim water outlook for Nevada and California  Jan 28, 2009
AP:  Idaho lawmakers side with industry on water rules  Jan 29, 2009 AP:  Calif. scientists: fish needs more protections  Jan 29, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho lawmakers to get Snake Plain Aquifer plan today  Jan 29, 2009 Idaho Statesman:  Idaho Legislature approves new groundwater rule  Jan 29, 2009
Doug Obegi:  California's Water Problems Weren't Caused By a Fish: We Need a 21st Century Water Policy for Fish and People  Jan 28, 2009 Capital Press:  Student earns grant for water study  Jan 29, 2009
Capital Press:  Official: Liberals control West's water  Jan 9, 2009 Capital Press:  White House open to collaboration, water users hear  Jan 29, 2009
Reuters:  Snow study shows California faces historic drought  Jan 29, 2009 Central Valley Business Times:  California snowpack water level dwindles – just 61 percent of normal  Jan 29, 2009 
AP:  State finds small snowpack, calls for conservation  Jan 29, 2009 AP:  Nevada a natural disaster area due to drought  Jan 29, 2009
MSNBC:  Worst Drought In Modern Calif. History Looms  Jan 30, 2009 Deseret News:  Utah snowpack dropped in January  Jan 30, 2009
LA Times:  Low Snowpack May Mean a Third Dry Year for California  Jan 30, 2009 Family Farm Alliance: Monthly Briefing  Jan 2009
Grist:  World heads for 'water bankruptcy', says Davos report  Jan 29, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  California snowpack lags, drought concerns grow  Jan 29, 2009
AP:  Calif. facing worst drought in modern history  Jan 30, 2009 AlterNet:   California at a Crossroads, Faces Biggest Drought Year Yet  Jan 30, 2009
Record-Searchlight:  Balmy January contributes to drought  Feb 1, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Editorial: How dry we are – and apparently will remain  Feb 1, 2009
OPB News:  Eastern Washington Aquifer Continues To Dwindle  Feb 2, 2009 Tri-City Herald:  Groundwater study finds deep wells in E. Washington in trouble  Feb 3, 2009
Tri-City Herald:  Washington county votes in favor of Black Rock Reservoir  Feb 3, 2009 Colorado Springs Gazette:  Rainwater harvesting bill may have tough fight  Feb 3, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune:  Utah House bill gives farmers priority water rights over urban users   Feb 4, 2009 California Farm Bureau:  Snow surveyors quantify the depth of California's drought  Feb 4, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Name Change Won't Alter Resources Agency's Dark Mission  Feb 4, 2009  Pioneer Press:  Another dry year  Feb 4, 2009
California Farm Water Coalition:  Farm Water Perspective: Some Groups Not Part of Water Solution  Feb 4, 2009 High Country News:  West's seasonal rivers left high and dry by Clean Water Act ruling  Feb 2, 2009
AP:  Montana revives $527M bill to settle Crow Tribe's water claims  Feb 5, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Drought means water quality standards must be eased, managers say  Feb 5, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Delta water managers choosing salmon over smelt  Feb 5, 2009 Central Valley Business Times:  Nunes urges action on California’s water shortage  Feb 6, 2009
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Spring/Summer Water Supply Forecasts In Past Month Slip Below Historic Averages  Feb 6, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Delta drought response could pit fish against fish  Feb 6, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Fresno water debate settles little  Feb 4, 2009 KMPH Fox 26:  Water Wars Wage in Fresno  Feb 5, 2009
Scripps News:  Every gallon of water rationed in this dry Calif. town  Feb 5, 2009 Mercury News:  Dry spell: California farmers struggle with impending drought  Feb 7, 2009
Water Technology Online:  CA ag community prepares for drought  Feb 9, 2009 Arizona Republic:  Record-high reservoir levels prompt water releases in Arizona  Feb 10, 2009
Denver Post:  Lawmakers try again to make rainwater capture legal in Colorado  Feb 10, 2009 Las Vegas Review-Journal:  Conservation group plans to sue feds over Nevada water project  Feb 10, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Restore the Delta Action Alert: Radanovich Calls ESA 'Economic Terrorism!  Feb 10, 2009 California Farm Bureau:  Speakers seek common ground on water issues  Feb 11, 2009
Stockton Record:  Delta bill rekindles debate on exports  Feb 11, 2009 Seattle Post Intelligencer:  Less Water, More Heat Forecast for Washington  Feb 11, 2009
Alamosa, AZ Valley Courier:  Mighty Miss may solve western water woes  Feb 11, 2009  California State Water Board:  Water Boards Emergency Drought Conditions Hearing  Feb 10, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Hearing on Suspension of Delta Protections Set for Feb. 17  Feb 11, 2009  California Sportfishing Protection Alliance:  The Limitations of Water  Feb 11, 2009
AP:  SNWA chief tells Nevada lawmakers LV pipeline a last resort  Feb 12, 2009 Capital Press Editorial:  Single-species approach throttles water supply  Feb 12, 2009
Capital Press:  Bruising battles loom in California - Measures to protect threatened delta smelt may crimp supply for irrigators  Feb 12, 2009 Capital Press:  Irrigation program drained - Water cutbacks leave UC research center high and dry  Feb 12, 2009
Capital Press:  Snowfall fails to ease water crisis  Feb 12, 2009 Reno Gazette-Journal:  The Clean Water Act and Nonpoint Source Pollution: Implications for Nevada Agriculture  Feb 13, 2009 
Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Anticipates Reduced Allocations Amid Harsh California Drought Conditions  Feb 13, 2009 AP:  Officials: Water use down in 2008 in Vegas area  Feb 13, 2009
Mercury News:  Killer whales threatened by California's thirst  Feb 13, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Delta Exports a Key Factor in Salmon and Killer Whale Declines  Feb 14, 2009
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla:  State and Federal Water Agencies Seek to Kill the Delta by a Thousand Little Cuts  Feb 14, 2009  San Francisco Chronicle:  Cali Water Agencies Debate Desalination  Feb 16, 2009
Capital Press:  Storm soaks California; snowpacks mount  Feb 17, 2009 Great Falls Tribune:  Montana House panel OKs Blackfeet water rights bill  Feb 17, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  Rainstorms delay need for emergency decisions on water  Feb 17, 2009 Capital Press:  Recent California storms won't stop water cutbacks  Feb 17, 2009
AP:  Agencies seek to preserve water behind Calif. dams  Feb 17, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  California river conditions could starve killer whales  Feb 17, 2009
Capital Press:  CA Water group shapes rules - Irrigation runoff management one of ag’s ‘most important issues’  Feb 19, 2009 Capital Press:  Computer puts water where it's needed  Feb 19, 2009
Christian Science Monitor:  Wetland vies for Colorado River’s water  Feb 19, 2009 AP:  Water scarce as demand rises   Feb 19, 2009
AP:  Drought may cut off federal water to Calif. farms   Feb 20, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Voluntary 20 percent cut in state water consumption sought  Feb 20, 2009
Bizjournals.com:  State water department sticks to 15 percent allocation estimate  Feb 20, 2009 Hollister Free Lance:  SBC farm bureau head calls water cutoff 'devastating'  Feb 20, 2009
Capital Press:  For California farmers, a trickle at best  Feb 20, 2009 Capital Press:  Small farmers irked by water cutback  Feb 20, 2009
New York Times:  Governments Deal New Blow to Drought-Stricken California Farmers  Feb 20, 2009 Reuters:  California farms lose main water source to drought  Feb 20, 2009
AP:  Drought to cut off federal water to Calif. farms  Feb 20, 2009 MSNBC:  State: Californians Must Conserve Water Now  Feb 21, 2009
The Desert Sun:  Water agencies brace for supply cut  Feb 21, 2009 Appeal-Democrat:  It’s dry down on the farm  Feb 21, 2009
Santa Clara Valley Water District Press Release:  Water District's Imported Water Supply Cut By Two-thirds  Feb 21, 2009 Stockton Record:  Water blow for Valley farmers  Feb 21, 2009
Press-Enterprise:  Central Valley farmers told no water will be delivered this year  Feb 21, 2009 Corning Observer:  Officials plan to cut water deliveries  Feb 21, 2009
Inland Empire News:  Northern California water supply held at 15%  Feb 21, 2009 Redding Record-Searchlight:  North state water allocations dry up  Feb 20, 2009
MSNBC:  DWR Announces Drought Prevents Water Allocation Increase  Feb 20, 2009 Press TV:  Drought to up California crops prices  Feb 22, 2009
RedOrbit:  California Farmers To Lose Primary Water Supply  Feb 22, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Storm fills reservoirs - drought fears persist  Feb 22, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Rain welcome, but drought forecast persists  Feb 22, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Rain keeps coming, but drought talk won't melt away  Feb 23, 2009
Contra Costa Times:  Report: Enlarging Los Vaqueros Reservoir could solve water woes  Feb 23, 2009 High Country News:  Colorado water manager questions Colorado River water supply  Feb 24, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho continues its search for funds for aquifer plan  Feb 24, 2009 Los Angeles Times Opinion:   California's dry future  Feb 24, 2009 
East County Magazine:  Hollingsworth seeks repeal of water restrictions that protect Delta smelt, but action would threaten marine life, including killer whales, a new report shows  Feb 24, 2009 AP:  Water boards escape penalties in delta dispute  Feb 24, 2009
Family Farm Alliance:  Family Farm Alliance "Monthly Briefing"  Feb 24, 2009 San Diego Union Tribune:  Drought could be nightmare for nature  Feb 24, 2009
University of California:  Economic Impacts of Reductions in Delta Exports on Central Valley Agriculture  Jan/Feb 2009  California Farm Bureau:  Updated UC report shows water cuts will cause severe harm  Feb 24, 2009
California Farm Bureau:  Likelihood of no water alarms CVP farmers  Feb 24, 2009 Food For Thought:  Happy Valley Grower: ‘Save Our Water, Rights, Way of Life’  Feb 24, 2009
Patterson Irrigator:  Delta water allocations hit rock bottom  Feb 25, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Drought weighs heavy on farmers, workers  Feb 25, 2009
Eat. Drink. Better:  California Drought Already Affecting Farmers  Feb 25, 2009 Sustainable Industries:  Central Valley faces severe water restriction  Feb 25, 2009
MSNBC:  Federal water supply may be cut off from California  Feb 25, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Folsom sets new limits on water use  Feb 25, 2009
ABC 30:   California Water Crisis Far From Over  Feb 25, 2009
Chico News & Review:  BEC director: History shows we have reason for concern  Feb 26, 2009 Association of California Water Agencies:  Low Water Allocations Point to Severe Challenges in 2009  Feb 26, 2009
CBS 47:  Valley Growers Speak Out About Water Crisis  Feb 26, 2009 Desert Sun:  Water is a sticky topic in Sacramento  Feb 26, 2009
BNET:  Is California the New Dust Bowl?   Feb 26, 2009 Christian Science Monitor:  Drought hits California farmers hard   Feb 26, 2009
Capital Press Editorial:  Steep water cuts unfairly target ag  Feb 26, 2009 Capital Press:  Water hopes drying up - Zero-allocation foreseen, but some try to stay optimistic  Feb 26, 2009
Capital Press:  Congressman launches effort to ease ESA - An endangered rat stalls one of Rep. Radanovich’s local water projects  Feb 26, 2009 Capital Press:  Drought means more groundwater will be pumped south of the Delta  Feb 26, 2009
Capital Press:  Water shortage no surprise in the south - Up to one million acres of farmland won’t receive a CVP water allocation  Feb 26, 2009 Capital Press:  Small farms face drastic water cuts  Feb 26, 2009
Bloomburg:  Las Vegas Running Out of Water Means Dimming Los Angeles Lights  Feb 26, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Governor Lauds Introduction of Peripheral Canal and Dams Bill  Feb 26, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  Lawmakers seek billions to expand, improve California's water supply  Feb 27, 2009 Stockton Record Net:  Water-vs.-ecosystem fight leaves out people who live here  Feb 27, 2009
San Diego Union Tribune:  State of emergency expands in hopes of relieving drought  Feb 28, 2009 San Bernardino Sun:  The water front  Feb 28, 2009
Woodland, CA Daily Democrat:  Too many don't realize we're in a drought  March 1, 2009 Modesto Bee:  This time, Cogdill's dam plan should hold water with peers  March 1, 2009
Modesto Bee:  Delta must be saved, say all speakers at symposium  March 1, 2009  Sacramento Bee:  Delta cutbacks put Valley farm town on edge  March 2, 2009
California Department of Water Resources:  DWR Schedules Third Snow Survey of 2008-2009 Season  March 2, 2009  UC Davis News & Information:  UC Davis Experts: Drought and Water Supply  Mar 2, 2009
San Jose Spartan Daily Opinion:  A modest proposal on ending drought  Mar 2, 2009 National Public Radio:  Water Emergency in California  Mar 3, 2009
Albuquerque Journal:  Report: Albuquerque off to driest start ever  Mar 3, 2009 California Farm Water Coalition Opinion:  California Needs a Few Arks:  Farm Water Perspective  Mar 2, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  State's in a drought, but it's not the worst ever  Mar 2, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Snow levels improve; water restrictions still expected  Mar 2, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  Recent storms boost California snowpack  Mar 2, 2009 MyMotherLode.com:  State Snow Water Content Reached 80 Percent Of Normal  Mar 2, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle:  Wet February helps water supply, but not enough  Mar 2, 2009 University of Oregon Press Release:  Eugene-Springfield face Upper Willamette climate threats  Mar 3, 2009
Dan Bacher:  The California Water Wars: Not A Conflict Between Fish and People  Mar 3, 2009 California Farm Bureau:  Governor orders state to address drought emergency  Mar 4, 2009
Los Angeles Times Opinion:  Drought? I'll drink to that  Mar 4, 2009 Huffington Post:  California's Drought: Water Demand, Population Growth, and ...  Mar 4, 2009
National Public Radio:  Drought Ravages California Farmlands  Mar 4, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  On the California Drought  Mar 5, 2009
Reno Gazette-Journal:  Storm piles snowpack on Sierra Mountains  Mar 5, 2009 Spokesman Review:  Washington state studies way to pump up volume of Spokane River  Mar 5, 2009
State Water Contractors Press Release:  State Water Contractors Sue Federal Agencies Over Flawed Delta ...  Mar 5, 2009 Stockton Record:  Lawsuit filed on Delta smelt rules  Mar 6, 2009
AP:   430 ID groundwater users told to stop pumping  Mar 6, 2009 Manteca, CA Bulletin:  March showers helps SSJID growers  Mar 6, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho groundwater users group promises lawsuit on curtailment order  Mar 9, 2009 Denver Post:  Opposition gushes over Shell Oil's bid for Colorado river water  Mar 9, 2009
The Economist.com:  California's drought will make agriculture more efficient  Mar 10, 2009 Denver Post:  Colorado Front Range in 'moderate drought'  Mar 10, 2009
SustainableBusiness.com:  The Secret: Link Between Climate Change & Water Scarcity  Mar 3, 2009 The Bakersfield California:  Kern County Water Agency declares drought emergency  Mar 6, 2009
Denver Post:  Front Range back in drought  Mar 10, 2009 RedOrbit:  California Could Suffer Australia-Like Drought  Mar 10, 2009
Pasadena Sub Rose:  Kulakafornia:  Why Aren't Cities Helping Farmers With Appeal To End The Court-Ordered Drought?  Mar 10, 2009 Reuters:  Climate change accelerates water hunt in US West  Mar 10, 2009
AccuWeather.com:  California Drought Status  Mar 11, 2009 AP:  Global warming to carry big costs for California  Mar 12, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho water chief tells lawmakers economy not a factor in order  Mar 12, 2009 U.S. Water News:  Drop in central Oregon groundwater puzzles scientists  Mar 2009
Capital Press Editorial:  Educate city folk on water  Mar 12, 2009 Capital Press:  Despite rainfall, forecast still grim  Mar 12, 2009
Capital Press:  Water experts call for restructured water-rights system  Mar 12, 2009 Capital Press:  ID Fish farm trumps irrigation  Mar 12, 2009
Long Beach Press-Telegram:  Thomas Elias: California's man-made drought  Mar 12, 2009 Santa Monica Mirror:  Water, Water Everywhere  Mar 12, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho groundwater districts submit plan to avoid curtailment  Mar 13, 2009 Capital Press:  Water agreement reached in Idaho  Mar 13, 2009
Reno Gazette-Journal:  An Overview of Water Scarcity and Water Market Development  Mar 13, 2009 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Dry February Has Basin Water Supply Forecast Dropping To 80 Percent Of Normal  Mar 13, 2009
Reuters:  Water scarcity clouds California farming's future  Mar 13, 2009 Reuters:  FACTBOX: Water scarcity and agriculture in California  Mar 13, 2009
International Water Power and Dam Construction:  Snowpack survey brings no cheer to California  Mar 13, 2009 KHSLTV - CBS 12:  Drought '09 Part 1  Mar 13, 2009
KHSLTV - CBS 12:  Drought '09 Part 2  Mar 13, 2009 Escondido,CA North County Times:  REGION: Officials say drought is serious business  Mar 14, 2009
Mercury-Register:  Few sellers lining up for Drought Water Bank  Mar 14, 2009 Los Angeles Daily News:  Let's work with farmers on water allocations  Mar 14, 2009
Reuters:  Climate change accelerates water hunt in U.S. West  Mar 10, 2009 Reuters:  Water scarcity clouds California farming's future  Mar 13, 2009 
Examiner.com:  Drought threatens the nation  Mar 14, 2009 Oroville,CA Mercury-Register:  Few sellers lining up for Drought Water Bank  Mar 14, 2009
AP:  S. Idaho groundwater plan dries up some farmland  Mar 16, 2009 Coalition for a Sustainable Delta Press Release:  California Water Users Sue Federal Agencies  Mar 16, 2009
Los Angeles Daily News Opinion:  Let's work with farmers on water allocations  Mar 14, 2009 Denver Post:  Front Range's "moderate drought" intensifies  Mar 16, 2009
Denver Post:  Colorado water legislation comes too late for some farmers  Mar 18, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  Water users file third suit on water cuts for smelt  Mar 18, 2009
Yakima Herald-Republic:  Washington Legislature won't address stock-water wells this year  Mar 18, 2009 Forbes:  How Elite Environmentalists Impoverish Blue-Collar Americans  Mar 17, 2009
AFP:  Water supply shortage clouds future of California farming  Mar 18, 2009 RedOrbit:  Central Valley Farmers Reeling From Drought Crisis  Mar 18, 2009
California State Water Contractors Press Release:  State Water Project Delivery Projections Increase Five Percent  Mar 18, 2009 AP:  Calif. slightly boosts water allocation in drought  Mar 18, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  State to deliver more water to Southern California  Mar 19, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Rains allow state to raise water deliveries  Mar 19, 2009
Denver Post:  Ship the Mississip to Colorado?  Mar 19, 2009  Capital Press:  Study: CA Drought impact dire - Researchers predict billions in farm income losses  Mar 19, 2009
Capital Press:  WA Water outlook gets 'C-plus'  Mar 19, 2009 Capital Press:  Yakima Basin water supply 'near normal'  Mar 19, 2009
Capital Press:  Dry spots remain across Northwest - Growing number of farms rely on underground aquifers  Mar 19, 2009  Vail Daily:  Warm weather evaporates snowpack in Colorado  Mar 20, 2009
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  WDOE Issues New Water Rights In Eastern Washington Valued At $60 Million  Mar 20, 2009 Riverside,CA Press-Enterprise:  Winter's over but drought lingers  Mar 19, 2009
Bakersfield TurnTo23.com:  State Water Crisis May End Growers Ability To Grow  Mar 20, 2009 Laguna Beach Independent:  Storms Brew Over Water Protections  Mar 20, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Water delivery: Good news for all but west-side farmers  Mar 20, 2009 San Diego Union Tribune:  Mayor Sanders releases plan for major water-use cuts  Mar 20, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  Marching for water in Los Angeles  Mar 20, 2009 Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise:  Water worries weigh on farmers  Mar 21, 2009
Riverside,CA Press-Enterprise:  Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta becomes water war's front line  Mar 21, 2009 Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise:   Crisis On Tap: California's water reckoning  Mar 21, 2009
Reuters:  As climate changes, is water the new oil?  Mar 22, 2009  Denver Post:  Groups fight Nestle's plan for Colorado spring water  Mar 23, 2009
Wall Street Journal:  Drought Turns Water Into a Cash Crop  Mar 24, 2009
 Great Falls Tribune:  Montana Senate panel advances Blackfeet water deal  Mar 24, 2009
Capital Press:  Groups seek to block Las Vegas 'water grab'  Mar 25, 2009 Casper Star-Tribune:  Spring storm pounds on the snowpack in Wyoming  Mar 25, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Frost protection could be curtailed to benefit salmon and steelhead  Mar 25, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Santa Clara Valley Water District calls for mandatory rationing  Mar 24, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  San Joaquin River settlement on way to president's desk  Mar 25, 2009 Denver Post:  Colorado areas designated as wilderness under lands bill  Mar 26, 2009
Farmington Daily Times:  Navajo water rights part of House-passed public-lands bill  Mar 26, 2009 Capital Press Editorial:  California can't afford more water problems  Mar 26, 2009
Capital Press Commentary:  Water storage will 'insure' California against droughts  Mar 26, 2009 Capital Press Letter:  There are other water options for California  Mar 26, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Updated allocations show severe water shortages will remain  Mar 25, 2009 Capital Press:  Californian News:  More water likely  Mar 26, 2009
Oregonian:  Tribe, Feds Agree To Restore Flow In WA River  Mar 26, 2009 Salt Lake Tribune:  Utah group prepares list of 84 other rivers for wild designation  Mar 27, 2009
Idaho Statesman:  A win-win Idaho water deal  Mar 27, 2009 Visalia Times-Delta:  Bill would send canal water to river  Mar 26, 2009
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza:  Lake Tahoe Basin bracing for third round of drought conditions  Mar 27, 2009 Republican House Natural Resources Committee Press Release:  Full Committee Hearing on The California Drought: Actions by Federal and State agencies to address impacts on lands, fisheries and water users  Mar 31, 2009
Las Vegas Sun:  SNWA asks Nevada to delay Snake Valley water hearing  Mar 31, 2009 Albuquerque Journal:  N.M. aquifer law comes too late for 600,000 acre-feet of annual flow  Mar 31, 2009
AP:  Congressmen want more water for California farmers  Mar 31, 2009 Inland News:  Lift water restrictions, Southern California lawmakers tell Congress  Mar 31, 2009
McClatchy Washington Bureau:  California drought hearing produces partisan sniping  Mar 31, 2009 ABC:  Judge Cuts Water to California Farmers to Save Endangered Fish  Mar 31, 2009
AP:  Central Valley leaders seek more delta water  April 1, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  Major hurdles loom for any water transfers  April 1, 2009
Casper Star-Tribune:  Federal agency begins EIS of Wyoming-Colorado water pipeline  April 1, 2009 SAS Strategies & Perspectives:  Another Empty Bucket by Susan A. Sutton April 2009
Casper Star-Tribune:  Pipeline plan takes shape  Mar 31, 2009 Redding Record-Searchlight:  March weather was wild, but didn't deliver miracle to end drought  April 1, 2009
Capital Press:  Delta plan draws ire of locals  April 2, 2009 Capital Press:  Farmworkers and farmers to 'walk for water'  April 2, 2009
Capital Press:  Water increase a little relief for farmers  April 2, 2009 Capital Press:  'Reality check' details water woes - Congress is helping to destroy farms, Nunes charges  April 2, 2009
AP:  Congressmen ask for more water  April 2, 2009 LA Times:  Report outlines possible effects of warming on California   April 2, 2009
Capital Press:  Water wars leave northern Colorado farmers dry  April 2, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Schwarzenegger Official Tries to 'Snow' Public with Drought Claims  April 2, 2009
LA Times:  Snowpack still below average  April 3, 2009 AP:  Too little snow to meet this parched state's water needs  April 3, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia Basin Bulletin:  New Water Supply Forecast Still Well Below Normal Though Big Gains In Snake Basin  April 3, 2009 Scripps News:  Endangered smelt halt water pumping in thirsty California  April 2, 2009
Water Technology Online:  CA agencies brace for another dry year  April 3, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Drastic water cuts expected for the Bay Area  April 3, 2009
Capital Press:  Utah divvies up federal funds for water projects  April 6, 2009 Capital Press:  Spring snowstorms push Wyo. snowpack above average  April 6, 2009
Ukiah Daily Journal:  Water talks discuss water diversion  April 6, 2009 Grand Junction Sentinel:  Colorado needs to quantify unused allocation of Colorado River water  April 7, 2009
Examiner.com:  The Peripheral Canal II, storage, and the Delta – the solution is ...  April 7, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  House committee reviews state's drought crisis  April 8, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Commentary: Desalination—A piece of the water shortage puzzle  April 8, 2009 Dan Bacher:  American Rivers Names Sacramento-San Joaquin River As Most Endangered  April 8, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Report: Snake River's dams put it on endangered list  April 8, 2009 Capital Press:  Groups aim to block Las Vegas 'water grab'  April 9, 2009
Billings Gazette:   Hundreds attend meeting on Crow Tribe water rights in Montana  April 9, 2009 Santa Fe New Mexican:  As deadline looms, N.M. farmers, ranchers worry about water bill  April 9, 2009
Caliente,NV Lincoln County Record:  County Commissioners Send Letter to State Water Engineer  April 9, 2009 Restore the Delta Press Release:  Coalition Calls for Restoration of Delta Flows to Recover Salmon  April 9, 2009
Idaho Statesman:  Wet March boosts Idaho's water supply  April 10, 2009  San Francisco Chronicle:  You decide who gets California's water  April 9, 2009
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  April's 'Final' Water Supply Forecast Boosts Basin To 89 Percent Of Normal  April 10, 2009 LA Marketplace:  California farmers cope with drought  April 10, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle:  A compendium of organizations working on California water issues  April 12, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Commentary:  State must rescue delta from crisis  April 12, 2009
Denver Post:  Dirt from Colorado's neighbors speed up snowmelt  April 13, 2009 AP:  Federal study of Wyoming-Colorado water pipeline sparks questions  April 13, 2009
National Resources Defense Council Press Release:  New Report: Across America, Waters in Crisis  April 13, 2009 World Net Daily:  Montana to Washington: 'Hands off our water'  April 13, 2009
Las Vegas Review-Journal:  BuRec predicts Lake Mead will fall to 1965 levels  April 14, 2009 AP:  SoCal agency to limit water deliveries  April 14, 2009
Butte Environmental Council Press Release:  Activists Sue State to Protect Family Farms, Groundwater, Rivers  April 14, 2009 Modesto Bee:   Sending a message about water crisis  April 14, 2009
Imperial Valley News:  California Encourages Farmers to Participate in Federal Drought ...  April 14, 2009 Capital Press:  Dust storms predicted across San Joaquin Valley  April 14, 2009
Capital Press:  Thousands join mile-long parade to protest water cuts  April 14, 2009 Contra Costa Times:  Environmental groups sue to halt water transfers  April 15, 2009
Stockton Record:  Farmers file lawsuit over canal  April 15, 2009 New York Times:  US Offers Aid for California's Water Woes  April 15, 2009
Capital Press Opinion:  March exposes water woes  April 16, 2009 Capital Weekly:  New coalition emerges in state water debate  April 16, 2009
Casper Star-Tribune:  Wyoming residents sound off about Colorado water plan  April 16, 2009 McClatchy:  California gets $260 million in federal funds for drought  April 15, 2009 
Fresno Bee Editorial:  Obama to Valley agriculture: Dry up  April 16, 2009 Northwest Fishletter:  Water Supply Improves 10 Percent From February  April 16, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Delta Farmers Sue to Stop Arnold's Peripheral Canal  April 16, 2009 Capital Press:  Delta residents say planned peripheral canal would make the water salty  April 16, 2009
Capital Press:  Marchers face uphill battle  April 16, 2009 Capital Press:  Deeper wells weaken water table  April 16, 2009
Capital Press:  Mile-long parade draws thousands  April 16, 2009 New York Times:  Hundreds Protest Cuts in Water in California  April 17, 2009
LA Bizjournals.com:  State to fulfill 30% of water contracts  April 17, 2009 Central Valley Business Times:  Feinstein: Action needed now on water crisis  April 16, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Valley march for water ends today  April 16, 2009 Christian Science Monitor:  California's drought raises rural-urban tensions over water  April 17, 2009
Stockton Record:  San Joaquin Valley ag interests march against water cutbacks (8:43 am)  April 17, 2009 Capital Press:  Schwarzenegger declines to endorse lifting ESA protections  April 17, 2009
Merced Sun Star:  Marchers stir up support for more water infrastructure  April 18, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Rally whets Valley water fight  April 18, 2009
Stockton Record:  Thousands rally after four days of marching for Valley farmers  April 18, 2009 Modesto Bee:  Nunes: Governor has 'disregard' for valley  April 18, 2009
Visalia Times-Delta:  Nunes: Governor should resign over water issue  April 18, 2009 LA Times:  A solution to California's water shortage goes down the drain  April 18, 2009
Redding Record-Searchlight Opinion:  The drought: Can we forever dodge the bullet?  April 19, 2009 Christian Science Monitor:  Water restrictions heighten rural-urban divide in California  April 19, 2009
Arizona Republic:  Climate researches predict Colorado River shortages by 2050  April 21, 2009 New York Times:  Wyoming-Colorado water project a bad idea  April 21, 2009
AP:  How drier I am: Flow of many rivers in decline  April 21, 2009 Christian Science Monitor:  Too many 'straws' sucking water out of the Colorado River  April 21, 2009
Fresno County Farm Bureau Press Release:  Fresno County Farm Bureau issues statement on water supply for County’s federal water contractors  April 21, 2009 Restore the Delta Press Release:  Drought and the March for Water in the Central Valley   April 21, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Schwarzenegger: Water Conservationist or Big Ag Stooge?  April 21, 2009 Mid-Pacfic Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Central Valley Project Water Supplies Improve  April 21, 2009
AP:   Feds to release minimal water supplies to farms  April 21, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  Thousands rally for water supply solutions  April 22, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Water system to get federal stimulus funds  April 22, 2009 Business Green:  Parched Southern California puts squeeze on water supplies  April 22, 2009
Globe-Net:  It never rains in California...  April 22, 2009 Fresno County Farm Bureau Press Release:  Statement by Fresno County Farm Bureau President Dan Errotabere, a Riverdale-area diversified farmer  April 21, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  Scientists rip federal agencies for implementation of landmark Delta, salmon protection law  April 22, 2009 Wall Street Journal:  California's Water Bank Tapped to Fight Drought  April 23, 2009
AP:  California farmers to get slight drought relief  April 23, 2009 Capital Press Editorial:  March for water plants seed of reform  April 23, 2009
Capital Press:  Schwarzenegger disappoints marchers  April 23, 2009 Capital Press:  Lawsuit challenges water bank review  April 23, 2009
Capital Press:  Water news improves  April 23, 2009 Capital Press:  Lawmakers fish for water fixes  April 23, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Panel: Wastewater ammonia 'likely' alters Delta  April 23, 2009 Washington Post:  Dust storms speed up snowmelt in Colorado Rockies  April 23, 2009
Capital Press:  Lawmakers prime aquifer rescue plan  April 23, 2009 Capital Press:  Irrigation districts get millions in stimulus  April 23, 2009
Headwaters News:  Federal watershed law will protect Montana's waters  April 24, 2009 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Research Documents Reduced River Flows; Says Columbia Down 14 Percent  April 24, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  Peripheral canal no drought lifeline, Contra Costa water district ...  April 24, 2009 Oregonian:  Oregon's water issues run deep  April 25, 2009
Oregonian:  Oregon water demand opens door to special interests  April 26, 2009 Washington Post:  Dust storms on rise in Western US  April 26, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Fed judge halts further ag water cuts  April 27, 2009
Oregonian:  Groups want Snake River dam removal on Obama's table  April 27, 2009 Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Call for Proposals: Reclamation's 2009 CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant Program  April 27, 2009
Denver Post:  April showers improve water outlook for Colorado farmers  April 28, 2009 Centriforce Technology Corp:  CNFO: California Drains Water Bank to Fight Water Shortage  April 28, 2009
Family Farm Alliance:  April 2009 "Monthly Briefing"  April 30, 2009 
 California Department of Water Resources Press Release:  DWR Announces Final Snow Survey Results for 2008-2009 - 66 Percent of Normal  April 30, 2009
Denver Post:  Colorado county, Denver Water strike historic agreement  May 1, 2009 Lakeport,CA Lake County News:  State, local water supplies still well below average  May 1, 2009
San Diego, CA KPBS:  Water Crisis Hurting California's Economy  May 1, 2009 Las Vegas Review-Journal:  Falling water levels create rapids in Lake Mead  May 4, 2009
Red Bluff Daily News:  Guest View:  Time for action in water crisis  May 5, 2009 Durango Herald:  BuRec begins pumping water into Colorado reservoir  May 6, 2009
Dan Bacher:  The Big Lie of Schwarzenegger and Corporate Agribusiness: Fish Vs. Jobs  May 4, 2009 Capital Press Opinion:  People or fish: Who gets water under ESA?  May 7, 2009
Capital Press:  Warming could choke ag  May 7, 2009 Capital Press: Grants spring up for farms  May 7, 2009
Capital Press:  State ag board, environmentalists share goodwill  May 7, 2009 AP:  Water experts predict adequate supply in Idaho this year  May 8, 2009
Denver Post:  River in Colorado canyon inches toward natural flows  May 8, 2009 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  New Water Supply Forecast Has Columbia Basin Dropping To 87 Percent Of Normal   May 8, 2009
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Corps Says Willamette Valley Reservoirs Reaching Full Conservation Pools  May 8, 2009
Voice of San Diego:  The Power of Water  May 7, 2009
 
Denver Post:  Rulings drain protections for state waterways  May 10, 2009 National Public Radio:  Drought, Politics Trouble Farmers In California  May 11, 2009
Deseret News:  Water levels in Utah's reservoirs rising  May 11, 2009 McClatchy Newspapers:  San Joaquin Valley's suffering gets muted response on Capitol Hill  May 11, 2009
California Progress Report:  A Second Opinion: Current Valley Crisis Not Driven By Water Supply  May 11, 2009 Grist Magazine:  Drought, fish, and our fruit-and-veg problem  May 12, 2009
New York Times:  Calif. water agency changes course on delta smelt  May 12, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Economic, environmental hurdles block critical California water transfers  May 12, 2009 
Redding Record-Searchlight Opinion:  Sensible water ideas are bubbling up  May 12, 2009 Capital Press:  Class-action status granted for Nevada canal suit  May 12, 2009
AP:  Climate change cutting Wash. Cascade snowpack  May 13, 2009 Los Angeles Times:  San Diego board approves desalination plant on coast  May 13, 2009
KTVU - San Francisco:  Water Allocations Making Some Rich In Midst Of Drought  May 13, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Sacramento tightens water conservation rules  May 13, 2009
Redding Record-Searchlight:  Spring rains may boost north state water allocations  May 13, 2009 New York Times:  As aquifer levels drop, California struggles with groundwater rules  May 14, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  High-tech greenhouses portend future of farming in California  May 14, 2009 Capital Press:  DWR: Pump flow rules fishy  May 14, 2009
New York Times:  Climate change, water shortages conspire to create 21st century Dust Bowl  May 14, 2009 Columbia Basin Bulletin:  UW Research: 20 Percent Snowpack Decline For Each Degree Of Temperature Increase  May 15, 2009
Fox News - Hannity:  Farmers Losing Crops to Endangered Fish - Hannity  May 11, 2009 KGO, San Francisco:  California scrambles to find water for drought  May 15, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  In the Owens Valley, resentment again flows with the water  May 16, 2009 Sacramento Bee Opinion:  Drought is the cause of economic suffering  May 17, 2009 
Contra Costa Times:  California's broken system for water delivery  May 17, 2009 Casper Star-Tribune:   Corps extends public comment period on Wyoming-Colorado pipeline  May 17, 2009
Santa Clarita, CA Signal:  Drought causes water shortage fears  May 18, 2009 Huffington Post:  Why Does California Keep Looking to More Techno-Fixes for Drought?  May 18, 2009
Aspen Times:  Colorado hydrologist: Layer of grime pushes peak water earlier  May 19, 2009 Casper Star-Tribune:  Snowpack in Wyoming best it's been in years  May 19, 2009
AP:  Calif. officials approve first water transfers  May 19, 2009 Contra Costa Times:  Well survey shows drought persists through Sacramento Valley  May 19, 2009
Dan Bacher:  CSPA Slams Governor for Water Project Consolidation  May 20, 2009  Pacific Legal Foundation Press Release:  Feds' Delta smelt water-pumping restrictions are unconstitutional, says PLF lawsuit   May 21, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Suit questions fed's smelt protection  May 21, 2009 New York Times:  Water Needs Electricity Needs Water  May 21, 2009
Aspen Times:  BuRec: Lower snowpack means less water for Colorado cities  May 22, 2009 Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Announces May Update to Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocations  May 22, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Pacific Legal Foundation Launches New Attack on Delta Smelt   May 23, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Water ownership murky, complicated  May 23, 2009
San Jose Mercury News:  Pumping water and cash from Delta  May 23, 2009 Grand Junction, CO Sentinel:  Don't allow the feds to control state water   May 22, 2009
KSL NewsRadio:  Ranchers worry Utah will give in on water issue  May 25, 2009 East Oregonian:  Collaboration essential to solve state water issues  May 26, 2009
AP:  Drought leaves cattle ranchers short of grass  May 26, 2009 OC Watchdog:  Need more water? Birth certificates, please, says water district  May 27, 2009
Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho's top water official to retire June 30  May 27, 2009 Great Falls Tribune:  Montana water picture improves  May 28, 2009
Capital Press:  Ag needs to stand up for water  May 28,2009
 Capital Press:  Water managers talk joint solutions  May 28, 2009
Capital Press:  Snow boosts allocations  May 28, 2009 Los Angeles Times:  Federal judge orders new study on Glen Canyon Dam releases  May 28, 2009
Inland Press-Enterprise:  Riverside County symposium focuses on water law, strategies  May 28, 2009 The Desert Sun:  Riverside County Water Symposium will focus on drought strategy  May 28, 2009
Capital Press:  Bill to tap Columbia for aquifer recharge still afloat  May 30, 2009
Kalispell Daily Inter Lake:  Montana governor fights Oregon's request for more water  June 1, 2009
National Public Radio:  Colorado's new rules make rainwater harvesting legal  June 1, 2009 New York Times Editorial:  A Clearer Clean Water Act  June 1, 2009
Huffington Post:  Tom Christopher: A Colorado Watershed  June 1, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Judge Wanger Issues Injunction Against Federal Delta Smelt Plan  June 1, 2009
Woodland, CA Daily Democrat:  Water bank backfires; more storage is needed  June 2, 2009 Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho holds the line on water releases for downstream interests  May 3, 2009
Contra Costa Times:  Drought hurts county range  June 3, 2009 Huffington Post:  The Water Debate We Are Not Having  June 3, 2009
Billings Gazette:  Wyoming loses request to have Montana water lawsuit tossed  June 4, 2009 Capital Press:  Water officials mull state's drought bank  June 4, 2009
Capital Press:  Aquifer recharge plan still afloat in Salem  June 4, 2009 NOAA Press Release:  NOAA Biological Opinion Finds California Water Projects Jeopardize Listed Species; Recommends Alternatives  June 4, 2009
Association of California Water Agencies Press Release:  ACWA Issues Statement on Salmon Biological Opinion  June 4, 2009 Westlands Water District Press Release:  Westlands Statement on NMFS Biological Opinion on Salmon  June 4, 2009
Reuters:  US tells Calif. to cut water use to save fish  June 4, 2009 Stockton Record:  National Marine Fisheries Service further restricts water exports ...  June 4, 2009
NBC Bay Area:  Report: Delta Farmers Damming Fisherman  June 4, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Plan would aid salmon, reduce water for people  June 5, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Federal ruling helps fish, but water costs feared  June 5, 2009 Twin Falls Times-News:  Idaho water season predicted to be average  June 5, 2009
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  NOAA BiOp Says California Water Pumping Jeopardizes Salmon; Proposes Alternatives  June 5, 2009
Central Valley Business Times:  Congressmen call for Central Valley hearings on water problems  June 4, 2009 Environmental News Service:  Threatened Fish Get a Boost in California Water Struggle  June 5, 2009
Turlock, CA Journal:  Irrigation water lessened by federal Delta decision  June 5, 2009 Water Technology Online:  Federal study recommends more CA Delta restrictions  June 5, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Tribes, fishermen and conservationists hail decision to protect fish and jobs  June 5, 2009  Merced, CA Sun-Star:  Our View: Water ruling is troubling for farmers  June 6, 2009
Wall Street Journal:  Thirsty: Desalination Plants and Water Needs in California  June 4, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Efficient water use crucial for Valley farmers  June 7, 2009
San Diego Business Journal:  Drought Prompts Rising Tide of Interest In Water Savings  June 8, 2009 Frisco, CO Summit Daily News:  Water 'bank' eyed for future drought protection  June 8, 2009
Durango Herald:  Colorado West Slope officials brace for Colorado River water call  June 9, 2009 Modesto Bee:  Government needs to put our farmers ahead of the fish  June 9, 2009
Visalia Times-Delta:  State needs a full water plan  June 9, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  Biological opinion for salmon adds to water worries  June 10, 2009
The Trinity Journal:  CVP pumping changes to protect fish   June 10, 2009 Dan Bacher:  The Big Lie Unravels: Westlands Expected to Use 86% of Average Water Supply  June 10, 2009
Patrick Porgans & Associates Press Release:  Sixty Day Notice of Intent to Sue Officials for Killing Fish Filed   June 11, 2009 Watching Our Water Ways:  Water management in California deemed critical to orcas  June 11, 2009
Capital Press Editorial:  Biological opinion takes water from people  June 11, 2009 Capital Press:  Assembly, Senate pass water bills  June 11, 2009
Capital Press:  Water managers: Federal fish plan flawed  June 11, 2009 Capital Press:  Controversial water issues fill seminar agenda  June 11, 2009
American Farm Bureau:  AFBF: Even Rainwater would be Regulated Under the CWRA  June 12, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Officials angle for west-side water  June 13, 2009 Montana Standard:  Montana groundwater study to begin July 1  June 15, 2009
AP:  Water issues take top billing at Western governors conference  June 15, 2009 Billings Gazette:  Glaciers in Montana national park could be gone in 10 years  June 15, 2009
Capital Press:  Conservation among keys to coping with water woes  June 15, 2009  M. David Stirling Op/Ed, Sacramento Bee:  Blame 'shortage' on misguided environmentalists  June 14, 2009
Westlands Water District Press Release:  California Water Districts Sue to Force Federal Fish Agencies to Obey Environmental Laws  June 15, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Westlands joins in salmon suit  June 15, 2009
Merced, CA Sun-Star:  Officials angle for West Side water  June 15, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Westlands Sues Feds Over Salmon Biological Opinion  June 15, 2009
Los Banos, CA Packer:  Water authority challenges Marine Fisheries Service opinion  June 16, 2009 Capital Press:  Tractors clog Calif freeway in water cuts protest  June 16, 2009
AP:  Water supply for millions at risk from fires in Rocky Mtn. forests  June 16, 2009l Billings Gazette:  NOAA: Wyoming's reservoirs all near capacity  June 17, 2009
Denver Post:  Colorado snowmelt's early flow may be issue  June 17, 2009 Bureau of Reclamation Press Release:  Reclamation Releases Draft EA for Public Comment on the Transfer of Non-CVP Water from the Placer County Water Authority to the San Diego County Water Authority  June 18, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Tightening the Tap - Feds order state to cut water-project flows to Southern California  June 18, 2009 Oregonian:  Oregon's data on water supplies run dry  June 18, 2009
Fresno Business Journal:  Governor on firing line over water in Fresno  June 18, 2009 Capital Press:  Sac. Valley project tries collaboration  June 18, 2009
Capital Press:  Rainstorms lay waste to hay crop  June 18, 2009 Capital Press:  Late rain drenches hay crop  June 18, 2009
Great Falls Tribune:  Montana communities hope water promise will be kept this time  June 19, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Schwarzenegger Amps Up Canal Campaign, War on Fish  June 20, 2009
New Mexico Local Dialogue:  New Scientific Assessment Predicts Massive Droughts For New Mexico  June 16, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Valley lawmakers narrowly lose House vote on irrigation water  June 18, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  Dusty fields in Fresno County  June 19, 2009 San Diego Union-Tribune:  Opinion - Fixing the Delta is critical  June 19, 2009
San Diego Union-Tribune:  Opinion - The Water War: State needs more storage capacity  June 19, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Governor gets firsthand look at water shortage  June 19, 2009
Stockton, CA Record:  Water district sues feds over Stanislaus rules  June 20, 2009  Great Falls, MT Tribune:  Drought gradually easing in Montana  June 21, 2009 
AP:  Montana emerging from years-long drought  June 22, 2009 National Public Radio:  Plans for Colorado's Yampa River exceed flows  June 22, 2009
Farm Futures:   Crapo Intends to Stand in Way of Clean Water Act  June 22, 2009 Western Farm Press:  Fish prevail over Californians, again  June 22, 2009
Marysville, CA Appeal-Democrat Opinion:  Mary Wells: Reservoir would help ease water crisis  June 22, 2009 Earthjustice Press Release:  Senate Committee Approves Urgently Needed Clean Water Legislation  June 23, 2009
Family Farm Alliance:  Alliance Establishes Legal Fund to Push for Sound Science in ESA Decision Making  June 23, 2009 Merced, CA Sun-Star Editorial:  Our View: Lawmakers block water reform  June 23, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Fewer farmland acres irrigated in region, state  June 23, 2009 Capital Press:  Wash. issues Yakima River water report  June 23, 2009
 McClatchy Newspapers:  Odds against California getting disaster declaration for Fresno County  June 23, 2009 AP:  Prosecutors say NV water officials aware of fraud  June 24, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Senate committee votes to expand Clean Water Act  June 24, 2009 Twin Falls Times News:  Idaho judge sends water rights decision back to DWR director  June 24, 2009
Westlands Water District Press Release:  California Water Districts Sue to Force Federal Fish Agencies ...   June 15, 2009  Westlands Water District Press Release:  Statement from Tom Birmingham, General Manager, Westlands Water District - Westlands Water Supply in 2009  June 15, 2009
Westlands Water District Press Release:  How much water does Westlands have this year?  June 19, 2009  Environmental Protection Agency Press Release:  EPA's Watershed Academy to sponsor free July 1st Webcast on the Clean Water Act  June 23, 2009
California Farmer:  Feather River Flows Increased for Fish  June 24, 2009 AP:  Drought prompts Calif visit by US Interior chief  June 24, 2009
AG Week:  Calif ag secretary heads to 'epicenter of drought'  June 24, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Secretary Salazar to Speak at Town Meeting on Drought in Fresno  June 24, 2009
North County Times:  El Nino could signal drought's end; But scientists, water officials caution against getting hopes up  June 24, 2009 Billings, MT Gazette:  Reaction mixed to management plan for Montana's Madison River  June 25, 2009
Billings, MT Gazette:  Wyoming reservoir on North Platte River at 91 percent capacity  June 25, 2009 Las Vegas Sun:  Supreme Court decision a toxic interpretation of Clean Water Act  June 25, 2009
Twin Falls, Idaho Times-News:  Idaho senator, congressman oppose Clean Water Act changes  June 25, 2009 Representative Devin Nunes R-CA:  Government-Imposed Dustbowl To Continue In San Joaquin Valley  June 25, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Water draws Interior chief to Fresno for hearing; Salazar, congressional leaders at town hall meeting Sunday   June 25, 2009 U.S. Department of the Interior:  MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar, Senior Interior Officials and Members of California Congressional Delegation to Hold Public Hearing on Water Supply Issues in Fresno on Sunday  June 26, 2009
Fresno Bee Column:  Bay Area water hypocrisy exposed  June 25, 2009 Fresno, CA CBS47 News:   Crime Rates Increase, As Water Shortages Persist  June 25, 2009
Capital Press:  Water act foes knock changes  June 25, 2009 Capital Press:  Farmers denounce Radanovich  June 25, 2009
Capital Press:  Water proposal proceeds  June 25, 2009 Fresno, CA  KFSN ABC30:  Water Rally Planned for Downtown Fresno  June 26, 2009
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Action Alert: Delta Water Bills Threaten Fisheries!  June 26, 2009 Billings, MT Gazette:   Flows in Bighorn River in Montana at 14-year high  June 26, 2009
Restore the Delta Press Release:  Delta Flows: The Good, the Bad, the Confused and the Ugly  June 24, 2009 California Farmer:  Feather River Flows Increased for Fish  June 24, 2009
Walla Walla, WA Union-Bulletin:  Water piping seen on horizon - Early signs point to using water from the Columbia for irrigation, leaving more in the Walla Walla River  June 25, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  State declares longfin smelt a threatened species  June 26, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Valley lawmakers can't block water legislation  June 26, 2009 San Diego Union-Tribune:  Water worries on iconic farms; Rate hike a threat to flower, strawberry fields, operators say  June 26, 2009
American Rivers Press Release:  American Rivers Calls for Water Management Overhaul, Supports Disaster Relief on Eve of Secretary Salazar’s Visit to Fresno  June 26, 2009 AP:  Battle over water heats up in San Joaquin Valley  June 27, 2009
Sioux Falls, SD Argus Leader:  Use nuclear energy to augment water supply  June 27, 2009 Combined Fisheries Group Press Release:  Fishermen to Interior Secretary: Don’t Make Fish the Scapegoat for Valley Unemployment  June 27, 2009
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) Press Release:  Myths, Lies and Damn Lies about Impact of Drought on San Joaquin Valley Agribusiness  June 28, 2009  AP:   Salazar assigns deputy as Calif. water czar  June 28, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Valley's ag and water economics a complex conundrum  June 28, 2009 Fresno, CA KMPH Fox 26:  Interior Secretary Hears Water Plea  June 28, 2009
Fresno, CA KSEE:  Interior Secretary promises water help  June 28, 2009 Central Valley Business Times: Feds take action on Central Valley water problems  June 28, 2009
Central Valley Business Times:  Environmentalists dispute water shortage = job loss claims  June 29, 2009 GAO Report:  Clean Water Infrastructure:  A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered When Designing a Clean Water Trust Fund.  GAO-09-657  May 29, 2009
Pacific Legal Foundation:  Pacific Legal Foundation asks Obama, Salazar, and Schwarzenegger for action to convene federal “God Squad” to address California’s water emergency  June 26, 2009 San Francisco Examiner:  El Nino…realities and myths  June 27, 2009
Antelope Valley, CA Press:  Water crisis unites East Kern communities  June 27, 2009 Merced, CA Sun-Star:  Interior chief offers water help to California - Salazar talks of expedited transfers, Recovery Act cash  June 28, 2009
 Lenexa, KS Packer:  California town hall meeting on water woes pleases few  June 29, 2009 AP:  Battle over water heats up in drought-stricken California  June 29, 2009
Capital Press:  Salazar doesn't quench farm thirst for water in California  June 29, 2009 San Francisco KGO TV:  Farmers angry over water restrictions  June 29, 2009
Capital Press:  Wash., feds to discuss Yakima water  June 30, 2009 Capital Press:  Calif. farmers to rally over water  June 30, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Water activists to rally in Fresno - Hundreds, perhaps thousands, expected  June 30, 2009 Fresno Bee:  'Two Gates' project could ease water crisis  June 30, 2009
Fresno Bee Editorial:  Still more action needed on water issues  June 30, 2009 Fresno Bee:  GOP ads link Dems to Valley water crisis - Radio spots attack Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa  July 1, 2009
Sacramento Bee:  Dutch expert offers advice on saving Delta  July 1, 2009 Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise:  Forecasters unsure how much rain El Nino will bring  July 1, 2009
AP:  Thousands rally to protest water cuts in Fresno  July 2, 2009 Modesto Bee:  Warm predictions follow another below-average Sacramento rainy season  July 2, 2009
Capital Press:  Clean Water Act raises hackles  July 2, 2009
 Courthouse News Service:  Water Diversion Harms Salmon, Groups Claim  July 1, 2009
Imperial Valley News:  Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Water Release to Central Valley ...  July 2, 2009 Capital Press:  Pumps bring water, but for how long?  July 2, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Canal plan upsets delta farmers  July 4, 2009 Los Angeles Times:  Despair flows as fields go dry and unemployment rises  July 4, 2009
Dan Bacher:  The Budget-Busting Peripheral Canal and The Three Big Lies  July 5, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Water use must change whether fish live or die  July 5, 2009
Redding, CA Record-Searchlight:  Middleton, Schiff: Governor needs to summon the 'God Squad'  July 5, 2009 San Jose Mercury News:  Water officials fear Calif. Aqueduct could sink  July 5, 2009
Indian Country Today:  Schwarzenegger amps up canal campaign, war on fish  July 6, 2009 AP:  States digging deep to monitor water  July 5, 2009
Contra Costa Times:  How it works: The Bay Delta Conservation Plan  July 3, 2009 Contra Costa Times:  Divisive Delta canal now on the fast track - Fears loom that moving water south could devastate, contaminate supply  July 3, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle:  Limit agribusiness - for salmon's sake  July 5, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle Opinion:  There’s another threatened species-humans  July 5, 2009
Sacramento Bee Opinion:  You'd think water would be a basic right  July 5, 2009 Napa Valley Register:  Where’s the water? County launches study of aquifers from Angwin to American Canyon  July 6, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Lawyer again plumbs depths of state water issues  July 6, 2009 Courthouse News Service:  California Water Wars Renewed in Salmon Run  July 6, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial:  Making the case for the human right to water  July 7, 2009 Napa Valley Register Editorial:  Looking into local aquifers - Napa County and property owners cannot turn a blind eye toward the water supply  July 7, 2009
Marin, CA Independent Journal Opinion:  A sustainable water supply  July 7, 2009 East Oregonian:  It's all about timing  July 7, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Rallies urge action to solve state's water shortages  July 8, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Capitol rally protests delta canal plan  July 7, 2009
Stockton Record:  Delta supporters rally at Capitol's doorstep  July 8, 2009 Fresno Bee:  House panel rejects Nunes protest of water diversions  July 8, 2009
Capitol Weekly:  Peripheral Canal, crux of state water wars, draws fire  July 9, 2009 Congressman Devin Nunes Blog:  Effort to Suspend Endangered Species Act Fails  July 9, 2009
Congressman Devin Nunes:  Remarks on the House Floor  July 9. 2008 Capital Press:  Coalition created to discuss water issues - Groups want to keep conversation flowing on climate change  July 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal:  California Gives Desalination Plants a Fresh Look  July 10, 2009 California Farm Bureau Federation:  Rallies urge action to solve state's water shortages  July 8, 2009
California Farm Bureau Federation:  Damage totals mount from lack of farm water  July 8, 2009 USGS Press Release:  Groundwater Availability Detailed in California’s Central Valley - New hydrologic model provides insights into water supplies  July 8, 2009
Water Technology Online:  Groundwater in so. San Joaquin Valley draining fast  July 10, 2009 Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute:  Three Myths Debunked: The Truth About California's Water Shortfall  July 10, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  Farmer and farmworkers feeling effects of drought  July 12, 2009 Modesto Bee Opinion:  Politicians can't get dam thing done  July 12, 2009
North County Times Opinion:  State's water woes flashback to 1970s  July 12, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  Geological Survey finds steep drop in Central Valley's groundwater  July 13, 2009
AP:  EPA: Idaho Power Co.'s plan to cool Snake River may not be adequate  July 13, 2009 New York Times:  $33.3B Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Heads to House Floor  July 13, 2009
Family Farm Alliance News Release:  Family Farm Alliance Calls for Withdrawal of Biased, Unscientific Order for Delta Smelt  July 13, 2009 California Clean Water Alliance:  Stop Senator Boxer’s federal land and water power grab!  July 2009
Honorable Richard Pombo (Ret.):  Sen. Boxer & EPA`s big land and water power grab.  July 14, 2009 Dan Keppen, Family Farm Alliance:  Economy, Political Leadership Shed New Light on Resource Priorities  July 14, 2009
Northwest Fishletter:  New El Niño Heading For An Ocean Near You  July 14, 2009 Fresno Bee:  Valley lawmakers clash over water  July 14, 2009
The Business Journal:  Another group files suit over Delta smelt order  July 14, 2009 Tracy, CA Press Opinion:  Wasting water, a precious commodity  July 14, 2009
San Joaquin Media Group:  Peripheral canal drilling could start next month  July 15, 2009 Idaho Statesman:  Another study of rebuilding Idaho's Teton Dam a waste of money  July 15, 2009
Fresno Bee:  House to OK $33b energy, water bill with help for Valley  July 15, 2009 Central Valley Business Times:  Ease up on endangered species rules says Poizner  July 15, 2009
ESPN Outdoors:  The Panama Canal North  July 16, 2009 Capital Press:  Ranch sparks water battle  July 16, 2009
Capital Press:  New U.S. Geological Survey tool lets managers simulate scenarios  July 16, 2009 Capital Press:  Study shows insecticide use lead to Delta fish decline  July 16, 2009
Capital Press:  Family Farm Alliance sues feds over smelt decision  July 16, 2009 Stockton, CA Record:  Delta drilling planned for canal - State officials to search for possible intake sites  July 16, 2009
Lodi, CA News-Sentinel:  Low rainfall has local farmers digging deeper for water  July 16, 2009
AP:  House passes bill including funds for Calif. water  July 17, 2009 Herald and News Letter:  Water cutoff devastating California’s agriculture  July 18, 2009
Santa Clarita Valley Signal:  RJ Kelly: Striking a balance in solving Delta water crisis  July 18, 2009 Barstow, CA Desert Dispatch:  Drought not as bad in desert, but farmers still feeling it  July 19, 2009
Los Angeles Times:  Voices of the drought - Two growers and a processor from the Central Valley talk about the changes that water shortages have brought to their operations and their lives  July 19, 2009 Stockton, CA Record Opinion:  Canal deserves study  July 19, 2009
Fresno Bee:  Next El Nino not expected to challenge drought  July 29, 2009 Ventura County, CA Star:  Parched SoCal pins rain hopes on fickle El Nino  July 21, 2009
Vallejo, CA Times-Herald Opinion by Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa:  Dry time for a solution  July 21, 2009 Greenwire:  Obama Admin Declines to Appeal Key Water-Rights Case  July 21, 2009
Anderson, CA Valley Post:  Despite drought, state agriculture doing better than rest of economy  July 21, 2009 Billings Gazette:  Anadarko wants to wade into Montana-Wyoming water dispute  July 22, 2009
Denver Post:  Denver Water officials dispute findings of Colorado River study  July 22, 2009 AP:  Invasive mussels imperil western water system  July 19, 2009
Hanford , CA Sentinel:  Growers scrambling to cope with drought  July 19, 2009 Los Angeles Times Opinion:  Fresno County, left in the dust  July 19, 2009
Bonnie Erbe: Linking immigration, water shortages  July 20, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Drought spotlights region's patchwork water supply  July 20, 2009
AP:  Court upholds Grand Canyon's river management plan  July 21, 2009 Los Angeles Times:  Climate change could put the heat on California crops  July 22, 2009
AP:  Report: Calif. needs to think small to save water  July 22, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Farmers told how to save huge amounts of water  July 22, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Million Boat Float to Stop Arnold’s Panama Canal North  July 22, 2009 Denver Post:  CU study warns of scarce water  July 22, 2009
Las Vegas Sun:  Protecting Colorado River water should be a no-brainer  July 23, 2009 San Jose, CA Mercury News:  Humans have rights too  July 22, 2009 
San Bernardino County Sun:  Water factor raised - Issue seen as role player in recovery  July 22, 2009 Sonora, CA Union Democrat:  Water wars turn Owens into climbers’ paradise  July 23, 2009
Capital Press:  USGS: Groundwater shortage brewing  July 23, 2009 Capital Press Editorial:  Groundwater study raises fears  July 23, 2009
Don Curlee, Capital Press:  Actions help muddy issue make sense  July 23, 2009
 New York Times:  Hot, Dry, Thriving? A Farm Plan for California  July 23, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle:  Saving California Agriculture  July 22, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle:  Farmers told how to save huge amounts of water  July 22, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Pacific Institute: Saving California Agriculture from the Growing ...  July 22, 2009 AgWeb:  A Legislative Drought  July 23, 2009
Dairy Herd Management:  Pacific Institute's report criticized for unrealistic claims  July 23, 2009 Reuters:  Report Urges Efficiency as a Solution to California's Water Wars  July 23, 2009
Greentech Media:  Technology: Key Water Saving Solution for California Farms  July 24, 2009 Wall Street Journal:  Waste Not: A Demand-side Solution for California's Water Troubles  July 24, 2009
Truth about Trade & Technology:  California drought - a bad situation made worse  July 25, 2009 Santa Rosa Press Democrat Opinion:  California farm town left in the dust  July 26, 2009
Contra Costa Times:  Southern California pins rain hopes on fickle El Nino; Predicted wet winter may not pan out, some warn  July 25, 2009 Fresno Bee:  San Joaquin River plan gets hearings this week  July 26, 2009
Sacramento Bee Opinion:  Mike Eaton: To save Delta: Ditch the groundwater myth  July 26, 2009 Sacramento Bee:  'Million boat' protest planned over Delta canal  July 27, 2009
New York Times:  Senate Begins Debate on $34.3B Energy and Water Appropriations Bill  July 27, 2009 Long Beach, CA Press-Telegram:  Scientists plot and prepare for Noah's Ark-like floods; California may be caught in the throes of a years-long drought, but crisis experts are now planning for a 200-to-500-year flood  July 27, 2009
Imperial Valley, CA Press:   Imperial Valley farmers’ profits to shrink after water rate increase  July 27, 2009 Dan Bacher:  Two Gates Project: the Gateway to Extinction?  July 27, 2009
USA Today:  Calif. farmers say feds make drought worse  July 28, 2009 Chico, CA Enterprise Record Editorial:  Water study has reality drought  July 28, 2009
Canadian Globe and Mail:  How green was my valley: California's drought; Cash-strapped California's budget breakthrough this week is anything but good news for farmers in the fabled San Joaquin Valley  July 27, 2009 Contra Costa Times:  Smaller Delta canal could work nearly as well as massive one in the works  July 29, 2009 
Family Farm Alliance:  July 2009 Monthly Briefing  July 29, 2009 California Capitol Weekly:  Water politics ripple through Capitol  July 30, 2009
Dan Bacher:  Legislation Calling for a Water Council to be Released  July 30, 2009 AP:   Study urges state lawmakers to focus on farms to save water  July 30, 2009
Capital Press:  Lobbyist harbors water-fix doubts  July 30, 2009 Capital Press: