California Department of Water Resources Baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 1990

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | October 12th, 2012

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) provides water management and planning services for the State of California. DWR is located within the California Natur

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) provides water management and planning services for the State of California. DWR is located within the California Natural Resources Agency. DWR’s operations include ownership, operation, and maintenance of the State Water Project (SWP), operations and maintenance of flood protection facilities throughout the Central Valley, administration of several grant programs which dispense state funds to local and regional water authorities, and regulatory authority over dam safety throughout California. This baseline greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory has been developed to supplement information provided in DWR’s Climate Action Plan Phase I: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan (GGERP) (http://www.water.ca.gov/climatechange/CAP.cfm). The GGERP documents DWR’s historical, current, and projected future GHG emissions, establishes and articulates GHG emissions reduction goals for 2020 and 2050, and describes the GHG emissions reduction measures that DWR will implement to achieve those goals. In the GGERP, GHG emissions are broken up into four categories: Operation, Construction, Maintenance, and Business Activities. Emissions are broken up in this way because they relate to key distinctions in the way activities are managed within DWR and the ways in which GHG emissions reduction measures can be implemented within DWR’s existing organizational structure. This inventory is organized to comply with the GHG Protocol? Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard developed by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Therefore, this inventory accounts for GHG emissions from DWR activities under the categories of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. The information in this inventory is consistent with the information provided in the GGERP, uses the same base data, and only differs in the ways in which the data are categorized and summed.

California Desalination Planning Handbook

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | March 4th, 2008

In September 2002, AB 2717 was signed into law, designating the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to establish the California Desalination Task Force (Task Force) to �

In September 2002, AB 2717 was signed into law, designating the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to establish the California Desalination Task Force (Task Force) to “make recommendations related to potential opportunities for the use of seawater and brackish water desalination.” The Task Force, through DWR, was to report to the legislature on potential opportunities for the use of seawater and brackish water desalination in California, impediments to the use of desalination technology; and what role, if any, the State should play in furthering the use of desalination technology. This Handbook builds on the report from the Task Force, which includes a list of key findings and major recommendations, submitted to the State Legislature in early 2004. (Chapter 9, #1 contains a link to the Task Force findings and recommendations.) The Task Force was comprised of a broad array of stakeholders who worked to develop consensus on the many recommendations developed. While consensus was not achieved on all points, the findings and recommendations highlighted were broadly supported by Task Force members. No claims of consensus are made for this Handbook. But every effort was made to build as closely as possible on the Task Force recommendations and to accurately describe both the opportunities and concerns associated with desalination. Furthermore, the Handbook is intended to outline a process to assist in: 1) determining the appropriate conditions, 2) addressing identified concerns, and 3) building public trust for desalination projects.

California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2023-054-00

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | November 4th, 2024

California Environmental Flows Framework

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | March 31st, 2021

Multiple local, regional, and State agencies share responsibility for managing environmental flows, defined as the water required to protect the ecological health of Cali

Multiple local, regional, and State agencies share responsibility for managing environmental flows, defined as the water required to protect the ecological health of California streams while balancing human uses and other water management objectives. The process of developing environmental flow recommendations is complex, often involving multi-component technical studies and lengthy public discussions that can take years to complete. Although many environmental flow assessment tools exist, managers are often constrained to using either time-intensive, site-specific studies or a limited set of rapid desktop and regional approaches that have not been tailored to California. Furthermore, environmental flow assessments have not always been consistently designed and implemented in a way that allows data to be aggregated and shared, making it difficult to accelerate learning and improve the effectiveness of environmental flows in supporting the ecological health of California’s rivers and streams. Water managers need a consistent statewide approach that can help transform complex environmental data into scientifically defensible, easy-to-understand environmental flow recommendations that support a broad range of ecosystem functions1 and preserve the multitude of benefits provided by healthy rivers and streams. Having a consistent statewide approach would also improve statewide data compatibility and promote coordinated regional flow assessments that would benefit multiple agency programs working to improve the scale and pacing at which environmental flow protections can be extended to rivers and streams across the state.

California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project: A Strategy for Conserving a Connected California

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) | March 2nd, 2010

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Projec

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California’s diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. This Report is also intended to make transportation and land-use planning more efficient and less costly, while helping reduce dangerous wildlife-vehicle collisions. This Essential Habitat Connectivity Report includes three primary products: (1) a statewide Essential Habitat Connectivity Map, (2) data characterizing areas delineated on the map, and (3) guidance for mitigating the fragmenting effects of roads and for developing and implementing local and regional connectivity plans. These products will be made available for public use on two websites—BIOS, managed by the California Department of Fish and Game [now Wildlife], and Data Basin, managed by the Conservation Biology Institute. Both are interactive web-based systems that allow users to download, print, combine, comment on, or otherwise use the maps, data layers, and other information.

California Fish and Game, Volume 15

California Fish and Game Commission | January 1st, 1929

California Fish and Game, Volume 16

California Fish and Game Commission | April 2nd, 1930

California Fish and Game, Volume 2

California Fish and Game Commission | January 31st, 1916

California Fish and Game, Volume 28

California Fish and Game Commission | July 15th, 1942

California Fish and Game, Volume 30

California Fish and Game Commission | January 3rd, 1944