REIMAGINING THE CADILLAC DESERT, Part 1: Are we in a forever drought? Maven Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and Features October 25, 2016Climate scientist Bill Patzert gives an overview of our water reality Marc Reisner’s “Cadillac Desert” masterfully chronicled how early settlers...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Laying the foundation for an ecosystem restoration amendment to the Delta Plan Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features October 19, 2016Panel discussion features presentations on SFEI’s upcoming report, A Delta Renewed, and DFW’s Delta Conservation Framework effort In April of...
WATER SMART INNOVATIONS: Speeding up innovation in the water industry Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 18, 2016Paul Brown says three things are necessary to spur technological innovation: avoiding the optimization trap, removing standardization as a barrier,...
SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Primary production in the Delta, Zooplankton, Delta outflow, and more from the State of Bay Delta Science Maven Delta science October 13, 2016The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available online. In this edition: ESSAY Primary Production...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Update on the Delta smelt resiliency strategy Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features October 12, 2016In July, the Natural Resources Agency released the Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy, a set of immediate and near-term management actions...
METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 11, 2016At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...
CAL WATER FIX: DWR files Incidental Take Permit application; State Water Board issues ruling on multiple objections to submitted testimony Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 10, 2016Department of Water Resources files Incidental Take Permit Application for California Water Fix From the California Water Fix website: The...
NEW PPIC REPORT: California’s Water Maven Planning and managementReports October 6, 2016From the PPIC: Managing water remains one of the great challenges for California. Population growth, a shifting climate, and declining...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Delta legislators voice their ‘strong opposition’ to State Water Board; hearing materials posted Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 5, 2016A group of twelve Delta representatives led by Senator Lois Wolk has filed a letter with the State Water Resources...
DR. PETER MOYLE & DR JASON BAUMSTEIGER: Assessing extinction in freshwater fishes Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 29, 2016Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water agency officials discuss the California Water Fix Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 28, 2016Can the conflict over the Delta tunnels be solved? Officials from Northern, Central, and Southern California discuss the tunnels and...
CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: September update on the Water Storage Investment Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 28, 2016Public comment period closes on October 3rd; Another round of public comment expected At the California Water Commission’s September 16th...
California Water Fix hearings: Motion filed to exclude Westlands testimony from the hearing Maven Delta Conveyance Project September 22, 2016Westlands submitted case-in-chief is irrelevant to Part 1B of the hearing, Protestants say As the California Water Fix hearings resume...
ANNE CASTLE: Our worn out water security blankets Maven Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features September 21, 2016The Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior cautions we can no longer rely...
Getting to the Bottom of It: An Overview of the Environmental Monitoring Program’s Benthic Monitoring in the Delta Maven Delta science September 15, 2016DWR’s Dr. Betsy Wells takes a look at the creatures that live on the bottom of the Delta Creating a...
