NOTEBOOK FEATURE: From forecast to flow: Optimizing California’s reservoirs with FIRO Maven Notebook News and Features May 8, 2025 317California is adapting to increasingly intense storm patterns, largely driven by atmospheric rivers. These narrow bands of concentrated water vapor...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Willow Springs Water Bank moves closer to meeting WSIP milestones Maven Notebook News and Features April 30, 2025 301At its April meeting, the California Water Commission received an update from the CIM Group and representatives of the Southern...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How a new wetland restoration could expedite transforming the Delta from a carbon source to a carbon sink Robin Meadows Notebook News and Features April 23, 2025 483By Robin Meadows Staten Island lies in the heart of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and exemplifies the woes of...
SGMA: Update on basins subject to State Board intervention, plus new BMP and land subsidence regulation in the works Maven Notebook News and Features April 17, 2025 532Groundwater plays a vital role in California’s water supply, accounting for a significant portion of the Central Valley’s annual water...
DELTA ISB: Golden mussels and beyond: How ballast water fuels invasions Maven Notebook News and Features April 9, 2025 305The San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary is often regarded as one of the most heavily invaded estuaries in the world. The...
Monitoring water quality in the Delta: The role of the Delta Regional Monitoring Program Maven Notebook News and Features April 8, 2025 222The Delta is a vital water source, providing drinking water to over 27 million people and irrigating 3 million acres...
DELTA COUNCIL: Anticipating the next drought: DWR’s plans for rapid barrier construction Maven Notebook News and Features April 3, 2025 301California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: From paper to progress: The $60 million project transforming California’s water rights data Maven Notebook News and Features March 27, 2025 618California is taking a major step forward in transforming how water is managed and monitored with the roll out of...
DR. DANIEL SWAIN: Drier and Wetter in 21st Century California: Managing increasing hydroclimate whiplash in a warming world Maven Notebook News and Features March 24, 2025 506The Los Angeles fires have become a stark example of the devastating effects of hydroclimate whiplash, as extreme weather patterns...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: New hope for saving salmon: Weaving together Indigenous and Western sciences to restore California’s winter-run chinook Robin Meadows Notebook News and Features March 12, 2025 883By Robin Meadows Jamie Ward grew up hearing the stories his people have told for countless generations on the slopes...
CA IRRIGATION INSTITUTE: Update on State Water Board’s SGMA intervention efforts Maven Notebook News and Features February 12, 2025 478Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California...
DELTA ISB: New threat in the Delta: Golden mussels join the ranks of invasive species Maven Notebook News and Features February 5, 2025 784Plus is there yet another new mussel invader in California? Golden mussels may be small, but their impact on aquatic...
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Multiple parties file motion to cancel or postpone upcoming hearing on DWR’s water right change petition for Delta Conveyance Project Maven Notebook News and Features February 1, 2025 421With the hearing on the water rights petition for the Delta Conveyance Project at the State Water Board set to...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Quantum leap in collecting and unifying regional metrics on wetland health Estuary News Group Notebook News and Features January 23, 2025 318By Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright & Ariel Rubissow Okamoto In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Delta Stewardship Council set to dismiss appeal of Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities Maven Notebook News and Features January 20, 2025 403The Delta Stewardship Council released a draft decision last Friday dismissing the appeal from several NGOs, Tribes, and Delta water...
