At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased...
By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in the world’s coastal zones, where more than 630 million people reside. Tidal marshes act as important buffers in these areas,...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...
Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on...
From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to better prepare for future drought conditions in the face of climate change, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) analyzing potential construction...
A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any...
Written by Brandon Honig When Austin Demarest and his team started looking for white sturgeon to tag in the San...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in grant funding they received from the state Department of Conservation to retire or repurpose farmland. Valley agencies that received grants...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...
From DWR News: The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series has explored a wide range of topics including climate change, financing the project, tunnel construction and Delta fisheries, among others. We return to the subject of fish again, this time...
Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation:...
Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...
The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous waste under the law when it wasn’t actively involved in removing the waste to a disposal site. By Edvard Pettersson,...