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GUEST COMMENTARY: New proposed instream flows: Are these supportable by a changing upstream hydrologic regime…?

September 28, 2016 324

Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows...

Guest commentary: Restore the Delta responds to Secretary Laird’s speech

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May 17, 2016 821

Secretary Laird’s truths are more truthiness, says Tim Stroshane, water policy analyst for Restore the Delta Commentary written by Tim...

Guest commentary: California Water Commission Regulations on New Water Storage: A Fair and Equitable Review Process?

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March 15, 2016 316

How Can Applicants Maximize Their Demonstrated Public Benefits? Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani California voters passed Proposition 1, the Water...

Guest commentary: Reservoir Re-Operation – The Sleeping Giant in Water Supply Development

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Best of the Notebook

September 14, 2015 985

The following commentary was written by Robert Shibatani: The current water shortage in California has generated broad discussion on a...

Labor Day guest commentary: AB 954 needed to better meet drought-impacted Californians’ needs and help create drought-resilient rural communities

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September 7, 2015 266

In honor of Labor Day, a guest commentary by Laurel Firestone and Jenny Rempel, Community Water Center: This Labor Day,...

Guest commentary: “Might, May, If:” Parsing the guesses, assumptions, and half-truths of the Food and Water Watch report

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July 17, 2015 238

Mike Wade with the California Farm Water Coalition refutes the recent report on retiring San Joaquin Valley farmland Guest commentary...

Guest commentary: Phil Isenberg muses on water, lawsuits, and the Fourth of July

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July 4, 2015 506

This year, I am soliciting special guest commentaries for the each holiday, loosely based on the theme of the day. ...

Guest commentary: Using the Reasonable Use Doctrine to restrict riparian water use

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May 6, 2015 552

Commentary by Craig Wilson, the first Delta Watermaster and former Chief Counsel to State Water Board: The Governor recently stated...

Guest commentary: California Water Rights Law: 100 Years and Counting – and Concerned

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April 30, 2015 418

Written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association The long history of California is embattled...

Guest Commentary: Water conservation target framework flawed, says John Kingsbury with the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association

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April 16, 2015 154

From John Kingsbury at the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association: “On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, the State Water Resources Control...

Guest Commentary: Potential for ag conservation is far less than Pacific Institute/NRDC report claims, says Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition

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March 23, 2015 645

Mike Wade at the California Farm Water Coalition offers this rebuttal to last Friday’s flashback post, Dr. Peter Gleick on...

Mountain Counties showcases water technology

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November 4, 2014 353

This post was written by guest contributor Roberta Long. Heaven-sent rainfall greeted guests on Wednesday, Oct. 15, when Mountain Counties...

Tina Cannon Leahy: A tribute to California’s ‘First Lady of Water’

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October 8, 2014 427

From Tina Cannon Leahy, posted at the California Water Blog: “As water policy consultant for the California Assembly, I occasionally...

John Kingsbury: Protecting watersheds first step in water policy

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July 14, 2014 468

This commentary is written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association: Mountain watersheds can survive...

Trio of state water leaders centerpiece of Mountain Counties event

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July 10, 2014 201

Note: This post is written by guest blogger Roberta Long. Three of California’s top water decision-makers came to Placerville on...