Delta project price tag rises – with the controversy Maven Notebook News and Features May 31, 2013 69From yours truly at Capitol Weekly: “The price tag is up to nearly $25 billion, but the benefits are up,...
Delta Stewardship Council’s statement on the lawsuit against the Delta Plan Maven Press Release/Other May 30, 2013 102Chris Knopp, Executive Officer of the Delta Stewardship Council, issued this statement : “The lawsuit filed recently by the Westlands...
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan Road Map: Don’t get lost – use the map! Maven Notebook News and Features May 30, 2013 318Do you need to read the Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents but don’t know where to start? Do you want...
Remaining Bay Delta Conservation Plan draft documents released Maven Press Release/Other May 29, 2013 86Chapters 8 through 12 are now available at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. The released chapters cover implementation costs...
Court documents for Delta Plan lawsuit Maven Press Release/Other May 28, 2013 231Last Friday, the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District filed a lawsuit with the Sacramento County...
Lawsuit filed against Delta Plan Maven Press Release/Other May 24, 2013 231From Westlands Water District (via agleader’s twitter feed): “Raising serious objections to the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan, today the...
Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Resources and Water and Select Committee on the Delta “The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Perspectives on the Plan” Maven Notebook News and Features May 20, 2013 260On May 14th, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Senate Select Committee on the Delta held a...
Delta Stewardship Council adopts final Delta Plan, 7-0 Maven Press Release/Other May 16, 2013 60From the Delta Stewardship Council: “After eight drafts, almost 100 public meetings, and nearly 10,000 individual comments, the Delta Stewardship...
Special feature: Prominent scientists discuss “collaborative science” at Interagency Ecological Program Annual Workshop Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science May 13, 2013 408“Science, once siloed and hyper-competitive, is becoming increasingly collaborative in the face of the high cost of research and the...
Weekend reading: Bay Delta Conservation Plan environmental documents released … Maven Press Release/Other May 10, 2013 187The Bay Delta Conservation Plan envirnomental documents have been posted this morning. I will be working over the weekend to...
Implementing the Delta Plan Maven Notebook News and Features May 9, 2013 110With the very first Delta Plan set to be adopted in May, just how that plan would be implemented was...
Governor Brown, Obama Administration commit to October 1st deadline for draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan and environmental documents Maven Press Release/Other May 8, 2013 83From the Office of Governor Jerry Brown: “The State of California and the Obama Administration today agreed to a formal...
Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Resources and Water and Select Committee on the Delta: “The BDCP: Overview of the Issues” Maven Notebook News and Features May 8, 2013 276Amid the controversial remarks and charges of lack of stakeholder participation, Brown Administration officials had their chance to defend the...
California Water Commission sends letter to Secretary Laird outlining SWP recruitment and retention issues Maven Press Release/Other May 5, 2013 112As a follow-up to the story, State Water Project reliability: It’s not just about the Delta, the California Water Commission...
Final Delta Plan documents posted Maven Press Release/Other May 5, 2013 98The proposed Final Delta Plan and the Final Programmatic EIR are now posted and available for review at the Delta...