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DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Dual storms to renew flooding, landslide risk; No more Delta smelt? The Delta tunnel project threatens their extinction; Taxpayer group delivers petition regarding Blue Triton to USFS; Key Colorado River negotiator says talks must shift away from status quo amid ‘crisis’; and more …

February 16, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/15: Farmers, tribes reach ‘historic’ Klamath River deal; Judge rules to allow Blue Triton to continue taking water from San Bernardino Forest; New steelhead run record set on the Mokelumne River; Lake Mead hits 1,075 feet, where the water shortage started in the first place; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 15, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING: Idaho-Maryland Mine Final Hearing beginning at 9am. The Nevada County Board of...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/14: More winter weather on the way; Seminar details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production; The city of tomorrow will run on your toilet water; Metropolitan: Fixing a budget hole; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 14, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Pacific storm train to bring one-two punch of wet weather and renewed flooding...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/13: Wet weather on tap this weekend; Atmospheric rivers boosts CA’s hydropower supplies; Train carrying over 100 tons of coal derails & spills into Feather River; Dam removal project ‘going exactly according to plan’; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 13, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … HYBRID MEETING: SAFER Drinking Water Program from 9:30 am to 5pm. The SAFER Advisory...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Managing a Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Bloom “hotspot” in the Upper San Francisco Estuary

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

February 13, 2024

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, interim Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers highlighted recent research on...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: The race to understand atmospheric rivers; Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer; How irrigation harms (or helps) streamflows in the west; Unlicensed cannabis grows use more water than licensed grows; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 12, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California Water Culture: An overview of how California’s unique waterways have been transformed,...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More storms at the end of the week; CA’s flood defenses held this time, but they are weakening; La Niña on the horizon? California’s wild weather year could get even weirder; Long-term Colorado River rescue plan at an impasse? It’s north vs. south in the West; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California faces renewed ‘significant flooding risk’ as more atmospheric river storms loom...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 4-9: How much did this week’s storms help water supply?; El Niño’s end may be near. Here’s what’s coming next.; Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews; Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market; and more …

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Weekly Digest

February 9, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/9: How much did this week’s storms help water supply?; El Niño’s end may be near. Here’s what’s coming next; Understanding impacts on water quality caused by 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise; Reclamation publishes overview of Colorado River evaporation history; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 9, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 10am. The Board adopted the 2022...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/8: ‘Super El Niño’ is here, but La Niña looks likely. What’s in store for the coming months; EPA, San Joaquin Valley Blueprint weigh in on Bay Delta update; California’s trees are dying in huge numbers — and Tahoe is the epicenter; Water levels at Tulare Lake receding despite recent storms; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 8, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Super El Niño’ is here, but La Niña looks likely. What’s in store...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/7: The good news, bad news on California’s water supplies; One solution to states’ water problems could be auctioning off the rights; A Republican’s quixotic quest against dam removal; Atmospheric rivers returned California’s lost lake—’It wants to remain’; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 7, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Clear Lake Hitch from 11am to 12pm. The California Department of Fish...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/6: Not over yet: More rain in the forecast; The science behind CA’s atmospheric rivers; Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews; L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 6, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include consideration of...

REACTIONS: Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews

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Fish and wildlife Planning and management

February 5, 2024

Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/5: California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds; Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds; Solano Coalition opposing new city California Forever launches; Will Southern California ski resorts survive climate change?; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 5, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds “Residents in Southern California were...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rapidly strengthening storm to bring damaging winds, major flash flood risk, heavy snow; Tulare County farmers to test groundwater market; Delta Conveyance Project faces stronger headwinds with court ruling, litigation; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 4, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Incoming storms … California emergency officials bracing for dangerous storm, flooding as atmospheric river approaches “Thousands of “boots on...

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