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California Water Policy Seminar Series: Professor Hap Dunning and Justice Ronald B. Robie discuss groundwater regulation and more

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April 3, 2014

The 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...

Dr. Thornberg tells MWD Bay Delta Committee on the BDCP: “Stop hitting the panic button … This project is worth it, it’s as simple as that.”

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Best of the Notebook Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

April 2, 2014

At the March 25th meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. Chris Thornberg from Beacon...

This just in … State and federal officials announce increased Delta pumping to occur to capture runoff from recent storms

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

April 2, 2014

Earlier this afternoon, state and federal officials held a media call to announce that increased pumping will be allowed from...

California Farm Water Coalition, State Water Contractors and others react to snow survey results

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Current Conditions

April 2, 2014

Here are the reactions that I’ve received so far, in alphabetical order. Others will be added as I receive them:...

Guest blogger: Rebuttal to yesterday’s media call: Opportunities Lost

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Agriculture Commentary

April 1, 2014

From Cannon Michael (@agleader), this guest commentary and rebuttal to yesterday’s Pacific Institute and NRDC Media Call: California is experiencing...

This just in … Pacific Institute & the NRDC hold media call on California’s drought: Hydrology, not environmental restrictions, are the reason for the low allocations, plus how the state can prepare for droughts in the future

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Water project operations

March 31, 2014

Earlier today, the Pacific Institute and the NRDC held a media call in anticipation of the final snow survey tomorrow. ...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Reconciling Ecosystem Goals for San Francisco Bay

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Policy and regulation

March 31, 2014

Although the concept of ‘reconciliation ecology’ was articulated by Michael Rosenzweig in the early 2000s, the idea of coming together...

Water transfers at the California Water Commission, part 2: Water Transfers 101

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

March 28, 2014

At the February 19th meeting of the California Water Commission, Department of Water Resources staff gave a highly informative presentation...

Water transfers at the California Water Commission, part 1: An overview of California’s Transfer Market and DWR’s activities related to transfers

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Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

March 27, 2014

Water transfers can be an effective way to address shortages and add flexibility to the system, especially in dry years,...

Planning and Conservation League Symposium: What’s next for the Delta?

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March 26, 2014

“What’s next for the Delta? ‘Enquiring minds want to know,’” began Martha Davis, moderator for the closing plenary session of...

Capitol Weekly – A Conference on Water: Delta panel discusses drought in the Delta

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March 25, 2014

Capitol Weekly’s A Conference on Water, held on February 20, 2014, brought together legislators, officials, and stakeholders to discuss some...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: ACWA’s Tim Quinn and the Nature Conservancy’s Jay Ziegler with management, economics and infrastructure perspectives on reconciliation ecology

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 24, 2014

This year’s 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law...

Assembly joint informational hearing on California’s groundwater, part 3: Stakeholder perspectives on where should we go from here

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 21, 2014

On March 11, the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources and Transportation held...

Radio transcript: Governor Jerry Brown talks water, budget, and High Speed Rail

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 21, 2014

In Tuesday’s edition of the radio show Here & Now, host Jeremy Hobson talks about the drought, and a little...

March issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science now available

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Delta science

March 21, 2014

Volume 12, Issue 1 | March 2014 RESEARCH Agricultural Losses from Salinity in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Josué Medellín-Azuara, Richard E....

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