Managing large interconnected systems of water bodies presents complex challenges, and model simulations are an essential tool. For many years,...
In May of 2013, the Delta Stewardship Council unanimously adopted the Delta Plan, a comprehensive, long-term management plan for the Delta that includes 14 regulatory policies that were subsequently approved by the Office of Administrative Law. Following the adoption of...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced today it will begin negotiations with State...
By Nick McCann, Courthouse News Service A 9th Circuit panel considered whether a drainage canal is “meaningfully distinct” from the...
From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on progress toward a bipartisan bill to address California’s ongoing drought: “Over the past several weeks I have been working closely with members of the California delegation...
In June of 2014, the Delta Science Program hosted an Environmental Data Summit, which brought together scientists, managers, and experts...
In October of 2014, the Hamilton Project and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment hosted a forum, New Directions...
The Delta Science Plan was completed in 2013 and serves as our framework for building the vision of ‘One Delta, One Science,’ which means an open Delta science community that works together to build a shared state of knowledge with...
From the Natural Resources Defense Council: As dreams of a wet, El Niño winter fade and California heads into a...
The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought...
There really wasn’t much of a reaction to the report on BDCP funding that was released on Friday. (You can read the press release here, and the media call transcript here.) Here’s are the statements I have received, listed by...
This morning, the California Natural Resources Agency held a media call regarding the release of the report, The Bay Delta...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: The California State Treasurer’s Office released The Bay Delta Conveyance Facility: Affordability and Financing Considerations,...
The 8th Biennial Bay Delta Science Conference brought together over a thousand scientists, managers, and policy makers to Sacramento to hear the latest advances in scientific information and ideas on water resource management in the Delta, its watershed, and the...