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homeless camps are damaging levees

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Homeless camps damage California’s levees; proposed legislation would protect the barriers

Joe Amoroso of California Fish and Wildlife's Feather River Hatchery takes a net full of Chinook winter-run salmon from the Service's Jeff Freund at Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex in Anderson, CA. Photo by Steve Martarano, USFWS via Flickr

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President Trump is attacking California’s salmon fishing industry and its 23,000 jobs

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Water is life. It’s also a battle. So what does the future hold for California?

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Water is life. It’s also a battle. So what does the future hold for California?

Climate change and water supply

Dan Walters

Climate change and water supply

Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain

Rachel Becker

Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain

Trump reignites California water wars

Dan Walters

Trump reignites California water wars

Newsom’s water framework is imperfect but necessary. The alternative is further deterioration of the Delta

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Newsom’s water framework is imperfect but necessary. The alternative is further deterioration of the Delta

Once again, San Francisco officials are limiting public access to the majestic Hetch Hetchy Valley

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Once again, San Francisco officials are limiting public access to the majestic Hetch Hetchy Valley

Has Newsom settled water wars?

Dan Walters

Has Newsom settled water wars?

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California’s water status quo isn’t working

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Desalination is a bad investment

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Gov. Newsom’s water proposal