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Initiatives
- Climate
  The California Natural Resources Agency leads and coordinates both the administration's climate adaptation policy and its natural resources climate policy.
- California EcoRestore
  California EcoRestore is an initiative to help coordinate and advance at least 30,000 acres of critical habitat restoration in the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta over the next four years.
- Voluntary Watershed Agreements
  The administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. is working on both regulatory and voluntary ways to improve stream conditions for the sake of native fish.
- California Water Action Plan
  The Governor directed the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to identify key actions for the next one to five years that address urgent needs and provide the foundation for the sustainable management of California's water resources.
- Salton Sea Management Program
  The Salton Sea is California’s largest lake. Thirty-five miles long and 15 miles wide, the desert lake extends from the Coachella Valley into the Imperial Valley. The Salton Sea Management Program is coordinating multiple state, local and federal agencies to address air quality and habitat threatened by a shrinking sea.
- California Water Fix
  California WaterFix is a prudent, realistic, science-driven, and achievable approach to fix California's aging water delivery system and protect our economy and public safety.
- SB 4 and SB 83 Oil and Gas Production Reform
  Oil and Gas regulation in California has undergone extensive reform across multiple agencies to strengthen protections for fresh groundwater aquifers and public health and safety. The Natural Resources Agency has been given a statutory role in implementation of Senate Bill 4 (Pavley 2013) for well stimulation and Senate Bill 83 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review 2015) for underground injection programs. These activities are directed to strengthen the program’s reliance on best available science and provide public input into the regulatory programs at the Department of Conservation and The State Water Resources Control Board.
- Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy
  Under a comprehensive strategy, state and federal agencies will work to rapidly improve conditions for endangered Delta smelt, which are close to extinction. The strategy represents a management shift for state and federal water and wildlife agencies, which are addressing multiple stressors on Delta smelt in a systematic way while studying the synergy of the actions.
- Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy
  The latest science shows potential extinction for many of California’s native salmon and steelhead species over the next several decades, if present trends continue. State agencies have committed to a suite of actions to improve survival rates, including restoring habitat, improving stream flow, removing stream barriers and reintroducing species to ideal habitat.
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
  CEQA, or the California Environmental Quality Act, is a statute that requires state and local agencies to identify the significant environmental impacts of their actions and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible. The CEQA Guidelines are the regulations that explain and interpret the law for both the public agencies required to administer CEQA and for the public generally. The Governor's Office of Planning and Research prepares and develops proposed amendments to the CEQA Guidelines and transmits them to the Secretary for Resources. The Secretary for Resources is responsible for certification and adoption of the CEQA Guidelines and amendments thereto.
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How California Native American Tribes Can Engage in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)
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News

Secretary Laird Issues Statement on Executive Order Revoking National Ocean Policy
California, Nevada Resources Leaders Issue Statement on Lake Tahoe Clarity
California Natural Resources Agency Recommends Adding Mokelumne River Segments to State’s Wild and Scenic Rivers System
Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program For 2018 Now Open
California Supports Fix to Federal Fire Funding
State Officials Call on U.S. Bureau of Land Management to Preserve Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
OPC Adopts Guidance on Sea Level Rise
Secretary Laird Issues Statement on the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
State Agencies Announce Appointments to the SB 83 Independent Review Panel for the Department of Conservation’s Underground Injection Control Program
California Natural Resources Secretary Issues Statement Opposing Federal Proposal to Renew Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Secretary Laird Issues Statement on California WaterFix
Working Group Releases Report Evaluating the Use of Nature-based Strategies to Combat Ocean Acidification
Natural Resources Agency Releases Updated Report on Climate Adaptation, Resiliency Strategies
Natural Resources Agency Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Update to State’s Environmental Review Process
New Director Appointed at Department of Water Resources, Executive Team Restructured to Strengthen Dam and Flood Safety, Climate Resiliency
Natural Resources Agency Announces Awards for the Urban Greening Grant Program
State Agencies Herald Approval of Landmark Agreement on Salton Sea Management, Public Health Protection
Natural Resources Agency Working Group Issues Recommendations to Expand Wood Products Markets and Promote Forest Health
Secretary Laird Comments on WaterFix Vote by Santa Clara Valley Water District
Secretary Laird Comments on Kern County Water Agency Vote
Secretary Laird Comments on WaterFix Vote by Metropolitan Water District
Secretary Laird Comments on WaterFix Vote by Zone 7 Water Agency
Secretary Laird Comments on WaterFix Vote by Westlands Water District
Natural Resources Agency Announces Awards for the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Grant Program
Secretary Laird Announces Establishment of Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group
California Announces Commitments to Address Ocean Acidification
Secretary Laird to Attend United Nations Conference on Ocean Acidification
State Launches Aggressive Strategy to Aid Salmon, Steelhead in the Sacramento Valley
Natural Resources Agency Seeks Public Comment on Update to the State’s Climate Adaptation Plan
Ocean Protection Council Adopts Resolution Incorporating Latest Sea-Level Rise Projections
Climate Experts Release Latest Science on Sea Level Rise Projections to Support California Policy Guidance
Natural Resources Agency Announces Awards for the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program
Natural Resources Agency Releases 10-Year Plan to Protect Public Health and Habitat at the Salton Sea
California Symposium Explores Ways to Safeguard State from Climate Change
Secretary Laird Issues Statement on President Obama's Designation of New National Monuments Along California's Coast
Past Year’s Achievements under California Water Action Plan Highlighted
California Department of Water Resources Receives $14 Million Grant to Support Salton Sea Restoration
Project Underway to Prevent Straying of Adult Sacramento River Salmon
Work to Help Sacramento River Salmon Underway in Yolo Bypass
Director Halberstadt Issues Statement on Signing of Bills Protecting our Marine Environments
Public-Private Effort to Restore Tides to Hundreds of Acres of Suisun Marsh
Secretary Laird to Participate in California Coastal Cleanup Day
Statement on Deal to Acquire Lake Tahoe Ridgeline parcel
Interior Department and State of California Announce Support for the Salton Sea
New Strategy to Improve Conditions for Delta Smelt Shows Promising Results
State Water Resources Control Board Hearings on WaterFix Begin
State, Federal Agencies Launch Integrated, Multi-Pronged Effort to Help Delta Smelt
Resources Agency Releases California WaterFix Fast Facts
California Conservation Corps To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
Marine Plastic Pollution Documentary Screening and Panel to be held in Sacramento
Salton Sea Public Workshops To Be Held Across Southern California
Agencies Agree to Coordinate on Flood and Habitat Projects in the Yolo Bypass Region
Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program for 2015/16 Now Open
Secretary Laird Appoints Members to Help Draft Revitalization Plan for the Lower Los Angeles River
Leading Ocean Scientists Recommend An Immediate, Coordinated Action Plan To Combat Alarming Changes To West Coast Seawater Chemistry
Natural Resources Agency Announces Awards for the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program
Natural Resources Agency Releases Plan to Guide the State's Climate Change Adaptation
Secretary Laird Issues Statement on President Obama's Designation of New National Monuments in the California Desert
Secretary Laird on Revised Drought Relief Bill by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

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