Revised draft of Chapter 7 of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan now available Maven Delta Conveyance Project December 13, 2012A revised version of Chapter 7, Implementation Structure, has been posted at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. Chapter 7...
The visual guide to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 9, 2012Do you get lost wandering around the Bay Delta Conservation Plan planning documents? Well, I sure do. With literally thousands...
At the BDCP Nov 29 public meeting, a glimpse of the BDCP's operating criteria, a cost benefit analysis to be conducted, stakeholders discuss participation and more Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 5, 2012“We don’t have what all of you want, which is the proposed project,” began Jerry Meral. “We’re not there yet.”...
Developing the Delta Science Plan: How can ‘best available science’, adaptive management, and scientific monks inform policymakers? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesScience November 25, 2012With the Delta Plan calling for a comprehensive Delta Science Plan to be in place by December of 2013, development...
The Delta Stewardship Council discusses near-term strategies and implementing the Delta Plan as the final documents are prepared for release, and the Delta Science Board proposes an engineering review of the BDCP Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 19, 2012The final Delta Plan and related documents are on track to be posted at the end of the month, the...
Reclamation’s Terry Fulp and a new agreement with Mexico that has environmental benefits for the Colorado Delta discussed at Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee meeting Maven Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features November 7, 2012At the November 5th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Stewardship and Planning Committee, Regional Director for Reclamation’s Lower Colorado...
The Delta Stewardship Council discusses near term strategies, levee issues, and an update on the Delta Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 1, 2012Strategies for near-term actions in the Delta, implications of Army Corps policies regarding Delta levees, and an update on the...
Delta Science Plan takes center stage at the Delta Stewardship Council: How should science inform policymaking? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 29, 2012How should science inform policymaking and how should that be outlined in the Delta Science Plan? These questions as well...
The PPIC Plan: Making the Delta a place where the wild things want to be Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 23, 2012Note: The following is a summary of the PPIC report, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better...
Maven’s Minutes: The Senate Select Committee hearing: The Next Decade in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 19, 2012On Monday, October 15th, Senator Lois Wolk, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, held a...
State Water Board looks to reduce costs of compliance for dischargers Maven Policy and regulation October 17, 2012Reducing the costs of compliance for dischargers subject to Water Board regulation and oversight will be the focus of a...
Ecosystem stressors in the Delta: More than just flow Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 8, 2012For more than two decades, native fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been declining at a rapid rate with...
Delta Stewardship Council meeting Sept. 27: National Heritage Area designation for the Delta, water rights enforcement and the EPA’s Action Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 2, 2012National Heritage Area designation for the Delta, increased authority for the State Water Board, and the EPA’s Bay-Delta Action Plan...
A chat with Chris Knopp, new Executive Officer of the Delta Stewardship Council Maven Website announcements September 26, 2012Last week, the Delta Stewardship Council announced the selection of Chris Knopp as the new Executive Officer to replace the...
John Laird talks about pork, the water bond, and Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 25, 2012John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources, recently spoke at a meeting in Loomis, where he discussed the water bond and...
