Like house guests overstaying their welcome, foreign crabs have been nearly impossible to boot out of California. A new strategy, born of failure, may help combat armies of invasive plants and animals that are preying on vulnerable native creatures. By...
The Department of Water Resources should enhance groundwater protection with changes to California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. By Jeanette Howard,...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With all signs pointing to a critically dry year in California, farmers are trying to add flexibility to help them make it through the season. Tulare County farmer and dairy operator Tom Barcellos said he...
One of the California Water Commission’s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of the State Water Project and make a report on its findings to the Department of Water Resources and the Legislature,...
The monthly reservoir report is written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani exclusively for Maven’s Notebook. California’s March (“water”) Madness didn’t pan...
Although the 2009 Delta Reform Act now legally requires adaptive management for all restoration efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; implementation remains somewhat challenging. While adaptive management has been successfully implemented in some projects, for others, success has remained elusive....
The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project on February 22nd, 2021, finding that the project is consistent with the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. On March...
