• FAST-41: Your Tailored Roadmap for Infrastructure Project Permitting/The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

    This WestFAST-hosted webinar provided an overview of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which was signed into law on December 4, 2015.  Title 41 of the FAST Act (FAST-41) (42 U.S.C. § 4370m) was designed to improve the timeliness, predictability, and transparency of the Federal environmental review and authorization process for covered infrastructure projects.  […]

  • WSWC Spring 2020 (192nd) Meetings and Washington, D.C. Roundtable- CANCELLED

    On behalf of the entire WSWC staff, we hope this finds you in good health.  As the world adapts to these unusual circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we wish to extend our support and express our appreciation for the work you’re doing.  We will do everything we can to continue to protect our employees […]

  • WSWC – NASA Western Water Applications Office (WWAO) Research to Operations (R2O) Workshop – POSTPONED

    Due to COVID19 Travel Restrictions and Concerns, the R2O Workshop April 22-23, 2020 is CANCELLED until further notice. VENUE: National Academy of Sciences Beckman Center 100 Academy, Irvine, California 92617 WORKSHOP OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES: This workshop will build upon the insights identified and connections established in August 2019 during the first WSWC-WWAO workshop on research […]

  • Leveraging Watershed Management

    This WestFAST-hosted webinar introduced attendees to: (1) the history of watershed and wildfire management in the Forest Service; (2) subsequent post-burn issues, including impacts to water supplies; and (3) provided examples of current approaches to engage with communities, water utilities, states, tribes, others to respond and improve the landscape, lower wildfire risk, and protect water […]

  • 2019 ESA Section 4 Rule Revisions Overview

    This WestFAST hosted webinar provided an overview of the 2019 revisions to regulations under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. The presentation covered the changes to the regulations governing the process for listing/delisting species and designating critical habitat and the regulations pertaining to protections for threatened species (i.e., 4(d) rules).

  • PFAS Background Action Plan

    This PFAS Background Action Plan was shared with the Western States Water Council, and provides an overview of the Action Plan, with supporting materials. Click here to view presentation slides. Announcement of Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List; Extension of Comment Period PFAS Action Plan: Program Update February 2020

  • WSWC-CDWR 2020 Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting Workshop – Postponed until 2021

    Due to COVID19 Travel Restrictions and Meeting Bans, the S2S Workshop May 18-20, 2020 is CANCELLED. We intend to reschedule the workshop for May 2021. The Western States Water Council and the California Department of Water Resources are cosponsoring a recurring workshop to continue a dialogue among western states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]