DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Update on Delta Conveyance Project environmental documents Maven Meetings June 23, 2022 160The environmental documents, due mid-summer, are about 3200 pages plus appendices In April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board...
WEBINAR RECORDING: How to read a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Maven Webinars June 22, 2022 68Did you know, in the San Joaquin Valley, there are 128 Groundwater Sustainability Plans? Are you wondering: What’s a Groundwater...
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Quarterly Meeting on the 2021 Reconsultation of the Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP Maven Meetings June 22, 2022 122For the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act, the Bureau...
FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association Maven 5 Questions June 21, 2022 263Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water...
ACWA CONFERENCE: The tale of curtailments: Legal and operational responses to the ongoing drought Maven Event coverage June 16, 2022 184Panel discusses temporary urgency change petitions, transfers, and drought litigation As California enters the second year of dry conditions, many...
GUEST COMMENTARY: California Can (and Must) Drought-Proof Itself Guest Contributor Guest contributors June 13, 2022 1550Commentary by Jim Wundermanm president and CEO of the Bay Area Council, and Charles Wilson, executive director and CEO of...
DELTA WATERMASTER: Water use reporting, Investigation of alleged unlawful water diversion in the Delta, Implementation of the Delta Dry-year Response Program, and more … Maven Meetings June 9, 2022 199At the May 24th meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the board members...
DR. PETER MOYLE: Delta fishes: Introduction to a dynamic fauna Maven Meetings June 2, 2022 300Dr. Peter Moyle is a distinguished professor emeritus and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. ...
RISING VOICES: Water, food, soil, and California’s need for holistic climate policy The Water Hub Guest contributors June 1, 2022 151Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues impacting...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for June 1 Robert Shibatani Water conditions June 1, 2022 168Written by Robert Shibatani Summer is here, well, not officially… But as California prepares itself for the “business-end” of what...
WEBINAR RECORDING: California water futures: What are they? And what are they not? Maven Webinars May 31, 2022 106Since their introduction last year, the California Water Index and California water futures has stirred controversy – and even legislation...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: With the deadline looming for the GSPs deemed incomplete, the State Water Board prepares for possible intervention Maven Meetings May 17, 2022 621[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In January of 2022, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their assessments of the groundwater sustainability plans for...
URBAN WATER INSTITUTE: SGMA implementation in the San Joaquin Valley: Farmers’ perspective Maven Event coverage May 12, 2022 384The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, was passed in 2014 during a period of critically dry years; the legislation...
DELTA SCIENCE UPDATE: Juvenile Chinook salmon antipredator behavior; Science Action Agenda, Review of the Delta monitoring enterprise Maven Meetings May 11, 2022 172At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen highlighted research on juvenile salmon...
FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management Maven Science May 5, 2022 215Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes. He has...