Blog Round-Up

The Blog Round-up is a weekly journey through the wild and varied tapestry of blog commentary, incorporating the good, the bad, the ugly, and sometimes just plain bizarre viewpoints existing on the internet.

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta legacy communities express their outrage over Delta tunnel; A case for better river flows and delta outflow in June; FERC rapidly issuing waivers on water quality certifications for CA dams; and more …

Maven

June 30, 2020

218

Delta legacy communities express their outrage: "This is a poignant letter written by the Delta Legacy Communities expressing their outrage that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the Delta Conveyance... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Rapid genetic tools to id fish in the field, Did salmon always live in San José?, Can California’s kelp forests be recovered?; Machine learning helped demystify earthquake swarm; and more …

Maven

June 25, 2020

121

No Smelt, SHERLOCK – Rapid genetic tools to id fish in the field: "The white lab coats, sterile gloves, and meticulously controlled laboratories typically associated with genetic research are a far cry from th... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel and an eastern alignment; Delta governance; Water policies and food production; Making your water bill affordable; Enviros v. Cost-benefit analysis; and more …

Maven

June 23, 2020

229

California continues to move rapidly on the water-stealing Delta Tunnel. Why, Gov. Newsom? Dan Bacher writes, "In the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, DWR today submitted a revised Department of the Army pe... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Ask an enviro with Ann Hayden; Real estate acquisition for Delta tunnel; Deadbeat dams; Artisanal fishermen of Monterey Bay; and more …

Maven

June 16, 2020

263

Ask An Enviro with Ann Hayden: "WaterWrights.net is launching this new series, “Ask an Enviro,” to help break down silos, open communication and build a stronger bridge between environmentalists and farmers in... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan, CA Water during national crisis, Wade Crowfoot interviews Obi Kaufmann, Multi-benefit water management, and more …

Maven

June 9, 2020

234

State Water Board formally objects to Reclamation’s 2020 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan: Deirdre Des Jardins writes, "On Monday, June 1, 2020, the State Water Resources Control Board sent a lette... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Why farmers are fighting, Voluntary Agreement limericks, Controlling ag pollution, and more …

Maven

May 26, 2020

250

What We're Fighting! While farmers might not have the resources to fight the state, the federal government certainly does. And, it's a good thing. Families Protecting the Valley writes, "Our Central Valley has... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta pumping, Improbable comeback not looking probable, Chasing Nigiri, COVID-19 and population growth; and more …

Maven

May 19, 2020

296

Delta Blues ...where the scientists found "more than 40 potential causes for the Delta's decline...but ranking them in order is just too difficult." Families Protecting the Valley writes, "We like to remind pe... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Voluntary agreements, return of the drought, undead CA water policies,10 worst enviro decisions, and more …

Maven

May 12, 2020

299

Return to the BATNA, Gov. Newsom: On the Public Record writes, "Governor Newsom. I understand that this will be hard for you to read. But the situation is clear. It is time for you to perform the Tasks of Grie... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: OtPR advice to Newsom: Pivot to water environmentalism; plus the Delta tunnel footprint; Protecting CA’s aquatic biodiversity; Franks Tract – smelt trap; Food security; and more …

Maven

May 5, 2020

280

On the Public Record is hearing the Voluntary Agreements are over. OtPR writes, "Rumor has it that the lawsuits caused by the discrepancy between the Trump Biological Opinion and the State’s Incidental Take Pe... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Exports and salvage at the pumps; Water policy and agriculture; Tunnel planning marches forward; Striped bass; Beaver dams; and more …

Maven

April 28, 2020

391

A month of high exports pulls salmon and smelt to delta pumps: Tom Cannon writes, "Increased Delta exports by the federal Bureau of Reclamation in early April resulted in increased salvage of salmon and longfi... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Return to the solution table; Feinstein’s letters; Ag lender’s view of SGMA; Central Valley salmon; and more …

Maven

April 21, 2020

286

A time for forward progress: a return to the solution table: "This week various Sacramento River Basin water suppliers were compelled to intervene in a federal court lawsuit filed by the State of California ag... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel stakeholder engagement during pandemic; Striped bass in the ocean; Landscape-scale approach for the Sacramento Valley; The real reason to cry over spilt milk; Cleaning up abandoned mines; and more …

Maven

April 14, 2020

291

Delta tunnel: DCA staff downplay opposition to stakeholder engagement process continuing during pandemic: Dierdre Des Jardins writes, "Under the supervision of the Department of Water Resources’, the Delta Con... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: The lawlessness of the Trump Admin hits #CaWater; Backfire! Newsom hoped the state contractors and Met would side with him but they didn’t; Delta Smelt recovery strategies update; Day Zero for the Colorado River; and more …

Maven

April 7, 2020

350

The lawlessness of the Trump Administration hits #CaWater: Kate Poole writes, "According to the Washington Post’s fact checker, as of January, 2020, President Trump had made 16,241 false or misleading claims... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: The Trump plan to decimate California’s salmon; No Miracle March for Delta fish; Is California’s dry 2020 water year a drought? Prepare anyway; Delta Stewardship Council’s Draft Public Participation Plan has no provisions for coronavirus crisis; and more …

Maven

March 31, 2020

231

The Trump plan to decimate California's salmon: Kate Poole writes, "These are challenging times for California as we face the current public health and economic crisis. As we fight this pandemic in global soli... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: How many Delta smelt remain?; Environmental flows; Delta tunnel engineering moves forward; Lawsuit forces reckoning on groundwater authorities; Water management as farming practice; and more …

Maven

March 24, 2020

300

How many Delta smelt remain? Tom Cannon writes, "Because Delta smelt are now rarely being captured in regular CDFW fish surveys, the US Fish and Wildlife Service began the Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Progr... Read More...

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BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Emergent groundwater and sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area: the silent and largely unknown underground threat

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

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

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

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

Jay Lund: Water storage and drought in California agriculture

FEATURE: Water rights 101

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

TED GRANTHAM: The evolution of environmental flows in California

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Quantifying surface water depletion from groundwater pumping

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta legacy communities express their outrage over Delta tunnel; A case for better river flows and delta outflow in June; FERC rapidly issuing waivers on water quality certifications for CA dams; and more …

SCIENCE NEWS: Rapid genetic tools to id fish in the field, Did salmon always live in San José?, Can California’s kelp forests be recovered?; Machine learning helped demystify earthquake swarm; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel and an eastern alignment; Delta governance; Water policies and food production; Making your water bill affordable; Enviros v. Cost-benefit analysis; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Ask an enviro with Ann Hayden; Real estate acquisition for Delta tunnel; Deadbeat dams; Artisanal fishermen of Monterey Bay; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan, CA Water during national crisis, Wade Crowfoot interviews Obi Kaufmann, Multi-benefit water management, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Why farmers are fighting, Voluntary Agreement limericks, Controlling ag pollution, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta pumping, Improbable comeback not looking probable, Chasing Nigiri, COVID-19 and population growth; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Voluntary agreements, return of the drought, undead CA water policies,10 worst enviro decisions, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: OtPR advice to Newsom: Pivot to water environmentalism; plus the Delta tunnel footprint; Protecting CA’s aquatic biodiversity; Franks Tract – smelt trap; Food security; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Exports and salvage at the pumps; Water policy and agriculture; Tunnel planning marches forward; Striped bass; Beaver dams; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Return to the solution table; Feinstein’s letters; Ag lender’s view of SGMA; Central Valley salmon; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel stakeholder engagement during pandemic; Striped bass in the ocean; Landscape-scale approach for the Sacramento Valley; The real reason to cry over spilt milk; Cleaning up abandoned mines; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: The lawlessness of the Trump Admin hits #CaWater; Backfire! Newsom hoped the state contractors and Met would side with him but they didn’t; Delta Smelt recovery strategies update; Day Zero for the Colorado River; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: The Trump plan to decimate California’s salmon; No Miracle March for Delta fish; Is California’s dry 2020 water year a drought? Prepare anyway; Delta Stewardship Council’s Draft Public Participation Plan has no provisions for coronavirus crisis; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: How many Delta smelt remain?; Environmental flows; Delta tunnel engineering moves forward; Lawsuit forces reckoning on groundwater authorities; Water management as farming practice; and more …