UPDATE: Delta Stewardship Council denies appeal of Lookout Slough project Maven News and Features May 2, 2022 215At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during a public hearing, the Council voted to deny the appeal...
ESTUARY NEWS: Atmospheric Rivers Intensifying as World Warms: How the West Will Know What’s Coming Robin Meadows News and Features April 14, 2022 181Article written by Robin Meadows, Estuary News In just a few years, tracking the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers by airplane...
ESTUARY NEWS: Suisun Marsh: A Bastion for Fish Nate Seltenrich News and Features April 6, 2022 135By Nate Seltenrich Rising seas are coming for Suisun Marsh, and without careful management some of its most critical habitats...
DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency determination for the Lookout Slough Project appealed – again Maven News and Features February 3, 2022 183The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water Maven News and Features January 11, 2022 133The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta Robin Meadows News and Features October 5, 2021 368Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Staff Draft Determination for Lookout Slough appeal released for public comment Maven News and Features June 21, 2021 205Draft determination upholds portions of the appeal; denies other parts Last Friday, the Delta Stewardship Council posted for review and...
DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency Determination for Lookout Slough Project appealed Maven News and Features March 29, 2021 307The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
NEW BOOK: Riverflow: The right to keep water instream Maven News and Features February 22, 2021 370“Riverflow: The right to keep water instream” is the latest book authored by Paul Stanton Kibel, a professor at Golden...
Watersheds 101 Maven News and Features October 7, 2020 532[cmtoc_table_of_contents] No matter where you are in the world, you are in a watershed. The water flowing over the land...
FEATURE: Water rights 101 Maven Best of the Notebook June 3, 2020 3615California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...
FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers Maven News and Features May 20, 2020 391On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget Maven Best of the Notebook May 13, 2020 3123With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A...
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment? Maven News and Features May 6, 2020 576Congressman Garamendi pushes for consideration of a western alignment for Delta conveyance; DWR responds In his scoping comments for the...
Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements Maven News and Features April 30, 2020 405Delta stakeholder group provides history of Delta water quality planning and expresses their concerns over the voluntary agreements In mid-April...
