SACRAMENTO — California’s state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper. So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

If the project overcomes opposition and a lawsuit by environmental groups, the 1.5 million-acre-foot Sites Reservoir would be California’s eighth largest. It would be four times the size of ...

“California needs more water storage, and we have no time to waste — projects like the Sites Reservoir will capture rain and snow runoff to supply millions of homes with clean drinking water ...

SITES, Calif. - California is moving forward with a plan to build the state's largest new reservoir in 50 years. This comes after a Yolo County judge dismissed a lawsuit last week from the Sierra ...

Sites would be California’s eighth largest reservoir, a 13-mile-long off-stream lake providing water to 500,000 acres of Central Valley farmlands, and 24 million people, including residents of ...

It’s the site of the planned Sites Reservoir, which has long been eyed as a possible place to store excess surface water from across California. The project was first proposed in the 1950s, ...

Sites Reservoir is the latest in a long line of proposed dams promising to end our cycle of water insecurity. However, Sites won’t add much to California’s water portfolio, and its harm to ...

which would be inundated by the proposed Sites Reservoir near Maxwell, California. Credit: Max Whittaker Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to ...

As of now, the Sites Reservoir is slated to begin construction in 2028 and be operational in 2032. With Trump set to re-enter the White House, a new chapter in California's long-time political war ...

Executive Director, Regina Chichizola said because of the law passed by Governor Newsom, Save California Salmon and CEQA lost the lawsuit against Sites Reservoir. Chichizola said the lawsuit had ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The California state water board on Monday formally announced that the Sites Reservoir project failed to get federal approval, a situation they say isn’t permanent and can be ...