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DAILY DIGEST, 3/8: Pattern shift to bring snow and rain to California as multiyear drought builds in the West; Managing water and crops with groundwater salinity; Fewer salmon in the sea in 2021; Microplastics’ hidden contribution to snow melting; and more …

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March 8, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Getting Warmer? Ocean Temperatures off the California Coast from 6pm to...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Will March bring more drought misery or a miracle?; Multi-agency collaboration restores critical habitat for native species; Former FWS biologist now leads SoCal water agency; PFAS in pesticides: ‘A problem of epic proportions’; and more …

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March 7, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California is bone dry. Will March bring more misery or a miracle?...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/5: New report: U.S. dams, levees get D grades; How bad is the drought? Depends on who you ask; Prioritizing forest management; Are clean rivers too expensive? Ninth circuit will decide; and more …

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March 5, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE EVENT: 2021 Western Water Symposium from 9am to 12:30pm.  This event will...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/4: 17 key environmental bills on the 2021 legislative agenda; Snow, rain returning to NorCal; Q&A: “Buzz” Thompson on CA water market; Where to see NorCal’s most spectacular waterfalls; and more …

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March 4, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: You Got Your Landscape Area Data from DWR…Now What? (Part 1)...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/3: This year likely to be critically dry, officials say; Will scandal save Delta communities?; Many opposing views on California’s new water futures market; 2021-2022 CA Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Introduced?; and more …

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March 3, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Independent Science Board meets from 10:30am to 12:30pm.  Agenda items...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/2: Pattern change to bring precip, but drought worries remain; Hertzberg introduces Drought Resilient Communities Act; CA Trash Monitoring Playbook now available; New study identifies mountain snowpack most “at-risk” from climate change; and more …

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March 2, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Board meets beginning at 9am.  Agenda items include the...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

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March 1, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Delta Adapts Climate Change Adaptation Workshop from 4pm to 5pm. The Delta Stewardship...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Santa Barbara County debates selling state water outside the county; Toxic water in East Orosi; EPA abandons plan to appeal to salt pond ruling; Delta National Heritage Area expands; and more …

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February 28, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Water security vs. water marketing: Should state water supplies be sold outside...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/26: Delta smelt on the brink while hatchery smelt thrive; Poor salmon forecasts make fishing restrictions likely; West Coast sea level rising faster than global average; Congress on track to approve millions more in water debt relief; and more ..

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February 26, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: Water Year 2021: The suspense continues; Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, data shows; One California community shows how to take the waste out of water; Navigating the Waters of the United States; and more …

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February 25, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Stewardship Council meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/24: Valley gets grim news about water supply; CA GOP urges Biden to uphold biops; Delta island owner ordered to clean up landfill dumped into Suisun Bay; San Joaquin River flood solution is in 18th year of review; and more …

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February 24, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP/CEQA SCOPING: Delta Mercury Control Program and TMDL Review from 9am to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/23: Newsom pushes Huntington Beach desal plant; Smoothing the bumps in the road to ecosystem restoration; A dam good example of collaboration on CA water issues; and more …

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February 23, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Towards Rapid, Reproducible, and Robust Modeling from 10am to 11am.  Modern...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/22: ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February; Groundwater salinization in Tulare Basin; Fortuna Coho salmon spotted higher upstream this year; New data reveal where flood damage is an existential threat; and more …

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February 22, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February in Los Angeles “February...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dry conditions to persist into March; Delta Conveyance update; Hurtado reworks bill to help Friant-Kern, but also state as a whole; Colorado River projects head for controversy; and more …

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February 21, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Despite cool and occasionally unsettled conditions in NorCal, unusually dry conditions to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/19: Is this winter’s sketchy snowpack the new normal?; Using vineyards to recharge California’s groundwater; What CA needs to do to avoid a Texas-style electricity crisis; Private trout farm in NorCal works with Service, others for conservation; and more …

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February 19, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Water Quality Matters: Understanding and Addressing PFAS in our Water from...