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DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conveyance Project update: Environmental review, community benefits

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

April 28, 2021

At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Councilmembers received an update on the Delta Conveyance Project, including the...

AG ALERT: At halfway point, water year ranks among driest

Ag Alert

Current Conditions

April 28, 2021

By Dave Kranz, Ag Alert The first half of the 2021 water year neared its end with the declaration of...

AG ALERT: Using aerial imagery, study evaluates drip irrigation

Ag Alert

Agriculture

April 28, 2021

From the California Farm Bureau Federation: California farmers’ adoption of drip irrigation systems has contributed to greater farming efficiency, according to a recent report prepared by aerial imagery and analytics provider Ceres Imaging. The study says early detection of clogs...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Oil and Gas Monitoring Program

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 27, 2021

A look at how the state is (or is not) regulating fracking and aquifer exemptions One of the most controversial...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity

Estuary News Group

Delta science Ecosystems

April 26, 2021

Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...

DAN WALTERS: As drought hits California, long-term issues loom

Cal Matters

Commentary Groundwater News

April 25, 2021

Californians face another of its periodic droughts and also long-term questions about the supply and uses of water. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters By the time this column is published, Northern California may be receiving some much-needed rain, and possibly...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon

Estuary News Group

Delta science Science

April 22, 2021

“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...

AG ALERT: Water-quality rule will affect Central Coast farms

Ag Alert

Agriculture Water quality

April 21, 2021

By the California Farm Bureau Federation: Predicting that it will have a profound impact on Central Coast agriculture, farm organizations...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Takes Action to Respond to Drought Conditions (Official press release and executive order)

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Policy and regulation

April 21, 2021

From the Office of the Governor: With much of the West experiencing drought conditions and California squarely in a second consecutive dry year, Governor Gavin Newson today directed state agencies to take immediate action to bolster drought resilience and prepare...

FEATURE: Water wars! What are they good for?

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Podcasts and webinars Policy and regulation Webinars

April 21, 2021

A recap of the webinar featuring Tim Quinn, formerly with ACWA, Tracy Quinn with the NRDC, and author John Fleck...

AG ALERT: Drought spreads water shortages throughout state

Ag Alert

Agriculture

April 21, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The 2020-21 California drought has led to significant water cutbacks, compelling farmers to fallow ground...

US FWS: Revitalizing California’s floodplains benefits people and wildlife

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ecosystems

April 20, 2021

By Meghan Snow, US Fish & Wildlife Service Throughout California’s history, rivers have been diverted, rerouted and contained by concrete. While these actions have brought agriculture and communities to arid land and reduced large-scale flooding, it has also eliminated some...

NOTICE: End of Negotiations for State Water Project Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance

Maven

Water project operations

April 20, 2021

From the Department of Water Resources: On March 29, 2021, DWR (The Department of Water Resources) and Public Water Agencies...

COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: Raising Shasta Dam threatens McCloud River, sacred tribal lands and salmon

Cal Matters

Commentary Ecosystems

April 15, 2021

The Biden administration should issue a ruling that the Shasta Dam project is not feasible because of tribal rights and...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan update, Recreation and tourism in the Delta

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 15, 2021

At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the councilmembers were briefed on the 2022 on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan and on the update to the recreation and tourism chapter of the Delta Protection Commission’s Economic Sustainability...