State Water Board issues notice of additional modifications to the order approving a temporary urgency change for SWP and CVP State Water Board Press Release/Other February 28, 2014 269From the State Water Resources Control Board: “On January 29, 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S....
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scheduled to continue special drought-related sampling for Delta smelt; Program providing water managers with real-time information on smelt movement US Fish and Wildlife Service Agency News February 27, 2014 123From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the first phase of...
Snow survey finds slightly increased water content (24%): New storms helping, but drought remains Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News February 27, 2014 197From the Department of Water Resources: Storms are lightly blanketing the Sierra with fresh snow, but Department of Water Resources...
Letter: Advisory Committee recommends Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the BDCP Maven Notebook News and Features February 27, 2014 302An advisory committee has recommended that Director of Fish & Wildlife Chuck Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the...
Guest blogger: Loving Yosemite means many things Guest Contributor Commentary February 27, 2014 87From Spreck Rosekrans, Executive Director of Hetch Hetchy: “For many of us, loving Yosemite means loving the whole park and...
Superior Court tentatively rules in favor of San Diego County Water Authority in Metropolitan rate case; Met remains confident they will prevail in the end Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 25, 2014 433From the San Diego County Water Authority: In a major victory for the San Diego County Water Authority and water...
Website notes: Old format returns, plus what to expect this week Maven Press Release/Other February 24, 2014 124Old website format returns … Thank you to all who submitted comments about the different website format. Comments were running...
California Weather Blog: Strong storm headed for California this week; compelling signs of developing El Nino, but will the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge return in the meantime? Maven Press Release/Other February 24, 2014 321From the California Weather Blog: “Unusually dry and warm conditions have returned to California over the past week. In the...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 4): Delta stakeholders have their say Maven Notebook News and Features February 24, 2014 177On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Farm organizations, Feinstein react to announcement of zero allocation Maven Press Release/Other February 21, 2014 211Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial Central Valley Project allocations, giving no water to North of Delta and...
Reclamation announces initial 2014 Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocation: 0% for North of Delta, South of Delta ag; 50% for M&I Maven Agency News February 21, 2014 414From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2014 water supply allocation for Central Valley...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 3): San Diego County Water Authority & Contra Costa Water District share their concerns Maven Notebook News and Features February 21, 2014 503On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Guest blogger: Worried about the drought? Let farmers buy and sell water Maven Commentary February 21, 2014 767Today’s guest blogger is David Zetland of the Aguanomics blog, who wrote this exclusively for Maven’s Notebook: “California is gripped...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 2): Anton Favorini-Csorba and Dr. Jeff Michael on funding the BDCP Maven Notebook News and Features February 20, 2014 247On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Organizations and legislators react to Governor’s drought legislation Maven Press Release/Other February 19, 2014 89Today, Governor Jerry Brown announced legislation to provide $687.4 million to support drought relief efforts. Here are what organizations and...