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DAILY DIGEST, 6/26: Reclamation increases 2020 CVP allocation for Friant Division; Water agencies and advocates join in seeking federal funds to reduce water costs; State senate passes $200B budget plan; Harmful Algal Bloom Report; National Water and Climate Update; and more …

June 26, 2020

ONLINE MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include AB 1958, DWR Monthly Report, 2022 Central Valley...

LEGAL BRIEFS: Judge denies motion for injunction over Shasta operations; San Joaquin County alleges misrepresentations by Westlands in CVP contract

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Water project operations Water rights and water law

June 26, 2020

The Eastern District Court has issued a ruling in a lawsuit brought by Pacific Coast Federation Of Fishermen’s Associations over...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/25: Interior requests funding for Shasta Dam raise, Sites Reservoir and Friant-Kern Canal under WIIN Act; Appellate Court upholds State Water Board’s drought emergency regulations and curtailment orders issued for Deer Creek; CDFW hatcheries complete release of 20 million young salmon; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 25, 2020

ONLINE MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda item include the Delta Lead Scientist Report, Appointment of members...

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

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Delta science

June 25, 2020

Jennifer Pierre, Paul Souza, and Campbell Ingram discuss what their needs are for managing the Delta into the future: Will...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/24: California’s 21st century megadrought; In letter to Congress, water agencies call for drinking water relief funding; California re-evaluating its landmark climate strategy; How 200 Trump judges could shape environmental policy; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 24, 2020

WEBINAR: Current and Emerging Technologies for PFAS Treatment and Lessons Learned from 10:00 am – 11:30 am. This webinar is...

LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act

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Policy and regulation

June 24, 2020

Funding requested for Shasta Dam enlargement, Friant-Kern Canal, Delta Mendota Canal, and others On Monday, Interior Assistant Secretary for Water...

EXPLAINER: Groundwater 101: The basics

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 24, 2020

Dr. Thomas Harter provides a basic understanding of groundwater – what it is, how much groundwater is out there, how...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: Supreme Court won’t consider Klamath farmers’ water fight; CA still benefits from wet 2018-19; Marking ten years of the Delta Stewardship Council; Newsom, California lawmakers agree how to close deficit; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 23, 2020

WEBINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change? from 11:30am to 12:45pm. This...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

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Delta science Planning and management

June 23, 2020

Sea Grant is a federal state partnership between NOAA and 34 university based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: Heat and drought to stifle West through end of June; People, ag, and water in California; Column: CA officials deliver another “water-block” over Shasta Dam; Federal judge denies Democratic AGs’ bid to halt Trump WOTUS rule; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 22, 2020

WEBINAR: Building socio-ecological resilience by confronting environmental injustice: A participatory approach from 11:45 to 12:45. This series of public webinars...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Unfinished budget business at the Capitol; Appellate court rules State Board’s emergency order during drought not unreasonable or arbitrary; Why spring- and summer-run salmonids are so damn interesting and weird; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 21, 2020

The Riggs Report: Unfinished budget business at the Capitol: “For many years, budget disputes at the Capitol were a lengthy...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/19: Delta Conveyance Project moves forward; Ag shrinking under weight of Calif. regulations; Filling Trump void, California steps in to protect birds, wetlands; California and EPA tussle over water quality protections; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 19, 2020

FREE WEBINAR: Greater Ventura County Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem (GDE) from 10am to 12pm. Intended for stakeholders interested in learning more...