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CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Chuck Bonham on going big in the Delta

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EcosystemsFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

March 1, 2017

“Water is an issue where we need to reach farther, dig deeper, and dream dreams, particularly when it comes to...

Broad group of farmers express concerns over State Water Board’s approach to flows

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 23, 2017

The State Water Board should focus on functional flows, not unimpaired flows, they say In a letter to the State...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Lost in translation: The art of interpreting complex science for policymakers

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Delta scienceNotebook News and Features

February 23, 2017

Effectively communicating complex science to policy- and decision-makers is critical for managing the Delta, but the science needs to be...

PANEL DISCUSSION: The State Water Board’s 2015 curtailment notices and proceedings against BBID and WSID

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 22, 2017

In 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board sent curtailment notices to pre- and post- 1914 water rights holders based...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on development of water loss audit regulation, Water Storage Investment Program timeline

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 21, 2017

With the passage of SB-555 in October 2015, all urban retail water suppliers in the state are required to submit...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Advancing Tidal Wetland Restoration in a Regional Adaptive Management Framework

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EcosystemsNotebook News and Features

February 16, 2017

Dr. Gerrit Platenkamp: Adaptive management in a regional context faces challenges with monitoring, experimentation, and adaptation At the Bay Delta...

State Water Board to consider climate change resolution at upcoming meeting

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Climate changeNotebook News and Features

February 15, 2017

The State Water Resources Control Board is set to consider adopting a resolution at their February 22nd board meeting that...

REACTIONS: Legislators, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Restore the Delta comment on the Oroville Dam situation

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Water project operations

February 14, 2017

Bipartisan Group of Delta Legislators Release Statement on Alarming Oroville Dam Situation From the Office of Assemblyman Jim Frazier: Today,...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Before and After: Evaluating the effect of the 1995 Delta spring standards on actual outflows into San Francisco Bay

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 14, 2017

Dr. Tina Swanson gives her analysis of the standard; has it really resulted in increased Delta outflow? Fresh water flowing...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Problems and promise of restoring tidal marsh to benefit native fishes

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Delta scienceEcosystems

February 9, 2017

Dr. John Durand discusses the effectiveness of existing and proposed tidal marsh restoration sites in the Suisun Marsh and the...

METROPOLITAN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE BAY-DELTA: Project implementation considerations for California Water Fix; Dr. Jacob Katz on managing floodplain productivity for multiple benefits

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

February 8, 2017

At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members were given an overview of the...

Environmental and conservation groups submit comments on California Water Fix Final EIR/EIS

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Delta Conveyance Project

January 31, 2017

“Talking Points and Unfounded Assertions”: Environmental Water Caucus finds Delta Tunnels Final EIR Lacking From the Environmental Water Caucus via...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The effects of water project operations on juvenile salmon survival in the Delta

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Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

January 26, 2017

Literature, data review, and recommendations for future salmonid investigations Survival for migrating juvenile chinook salmon has been low for those...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managing the state and federal water projects: The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program

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Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

January 25, 2017

Part 1: Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program: Moving from Litigation to Collaboration The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: A Tale of Two Deltas: A Comparison of Transport Processes in the Predevelopment and Contemporary Delta

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Delta science

January 19, 2017

Modification of the Delta’s landscape has fundamentally changed hydrodynamic and transport processes in the Delta. In this presentation, Jon Burau,...