Month: March 2018

US Fish and Wildlife Service

March 29, 2018 949

Speech emphasizes the importance of partnerships and the transformational changes underway at the Department In January of this year, Karla...

US FWS: After long absence, endangered winter-run Chinook salmon return to restored Battle Creek

Agency News

March 28, 2018 3

Robert Barker, a fish culturist at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, had just helped complete something historic and he knew...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling letter for March 27

March 27, 2018 242

The State Water Resources Control Board, California Water Fix Hearing Team has released the latest ruling letter on the Cal...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Posting of Draft Staff Report for Basin Plan Amendment to Incorporate a Central Valley-wide Salt and Nitrate Control Program

Bureau of Reclamation News

March 24, 2018 125

From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board: The Central Valley Water Board has posted the Draft Staff Report...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation updates 2018 Central Valley Project water allocations for North of Delta and Friant contractors

Agency News

March 22, 2018 1422

North of Delta ag contractors allocation is 20%; Friant Division allocation now 60%; South of Delta ag allocation unchanged From...

BERKELEY LAB: Understanding effects of climate change on California watersheds

Berkeley Lab

Science

March 21, 2018

By Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab California relies on the Sierra Nevada snowpack for a significant portion of its water needs,...

OROVILLE SPILLWAYS CONSTRUCTION: March 21 update (with photos & video)

March 21, 2018 514

Underground secant pile cutoff wall now complete; Main spillway construction to begin in May From the Department of Water Resources:...

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands

March 21, 2018 172

Webinar looks at what is being done to reduce impacts the impacts of wildfires on water quality and ecosystem health...

STATE WATER BOARD: Riparian and pre-1914 water rights in the Delta

March 20, 2018 1281

State Water Board staff use information gleaned from 2015 informational order to compile the first taxonomy of senior water rights...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling on contested subpoenas

March 17, 2018 209

From the State Water Board’s California Water Fix hearing team: This ruling addresses a February 14, 2018 subpoena duces tecum...

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: News for March 15

March 16, 2018 228

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Reminder: GSAs Required to Submit GSP Initial Notification Information This...

CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Utilization of Water Transfers to Recharge Groundwater Basins

March 14, 2018 1581

Water transfers can be an effective water management tool for providing much-needed flexibility in the allocation and use of water...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Easements: A tool for preserving resources we value, or a straight-jacket that will limit our ability to adapt to a changing world? A study from Paradise Cut