At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the councilmembers on the efforts underway at the State Water Board to prepare for the increasing possibility of 2021 being critically dry. He also gave an...
At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen discussed a new report on the benefits of floodplain habitats for fish production and updated the Council on the Delta Science Program’s activities. Report spotlight: Farm...
Statewide snowpack SWE 61 percent of the March 2 average From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the third manual snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded...
Prepared Exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The much-anticipated storms of February have come and gone. Despite early optimism, the storms were modest at best, providing only temporary hydrologic relief. Precipitation and accumulated reservoir inflows-to-date as well as current...
Report presents staff recommendations for incorporating climate change into water rights permitting California’s climate is changing rapidly, and historical data are quickly becoming no longer reliable for forecasting future conditions. Models indicate that in the coming years, California will see...
