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NOAA FISHERIES: New wetland monitoring guidelines in San Francisco Bay leverage data to improve science and restoration

Delta science Planning and management Science

April 8, 2024

Collecting consistent wetland data supports large-scale insights. By NOAA Fisheries Conservation partners, including NOAA Fisheries, have created new guidelines for...

Rendering of the Ceres Innovation Center by Project Nexus.

UC MERCED: New Canal Project Expands on UC Merced Solar Research

UC Merced

Planning and management

April 6, 2024

By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Federal and state government officials journeyed to the western corner of Merced County on Thursday...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California unveils research into ‘floating solar’ project over major canal

Courthouse News Service

Planning and management

April 5, 2024

California is using federal dollars for infrastructure improvement to pilot placing solar canopies over parts of its aqueducts to improve green energy production. By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service Canals in California may soon feature a new look — solar...

DWR NEWS: State Releases California Water Plan Update 2023: A Roadmap to Water Management and Infrastructure for a Water Resilient Future

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

April 3, 2024

The 2023 update focuses on equity, watershed resilience, and climate urgency The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released...

AG ALERT: Better data key to informed water policy decisions

Ag Alert

Planning and management

March 6, 2024

By Christine Souza, from Ag Alert To adapt to climate extremes and become more water resilient in California, modernizing the...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: The Good Flood, Restoring a Sonoma Creek

Nate Seltenrich

Planning and management

March 5, 2024

By Nate Seltenrich, Knee Deep Times Wooden fence posts poking just above the surface and tall oaks with their trunks submerged are sure signs that the land is flooded. That word, “flooded,” has a negative connotation, an association with destruction....

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms

Robin Meadows

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

February 23, 2024

by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...

DWR: Weirs on the Sacramento River: 100 Years of Flood Control

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

February 8, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: Set into the banks of the Sacramento River as it winds its way south...

AG ALERT: Newsom announces strategy to help salmon populations

Ag Alert

Fish and wildlife Planning and management

February 7, 2024

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California experiences hotter, drier temperatures due to climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the state’s first strategy to protect and help restore salmon species to reduce their risk of extinction. The California Salmon...

REACTIONS: Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews

Maven

Fish and wildlife Planning and management

February 5, 2024

Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PGM: Commissioners discuss what to do if a project is not progressing

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

February 1, 2024

At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners discussed what discretion the Commission has if a project selected...

CAL MATTERS: Saving salmon: Newsom unveils blueprint for ending decades-long decline

Cal Matters

Planning and management

January 31, 2024

By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. With salmon populations throughout California declining for decades and facing the threat of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom launches strategy to restore salmon population

Courthouse News Service

Fish and wildlife Planning and management

January 31, 2024

The wide-ranging initiative includes a bevy of dam removal projects By Hillel Aron California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Launches California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Fish and wildlife Planning and management

January 30, 2024

From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new actions and efforts already underway that California is...

FEATURE: Dr. Laurel Larsen’s stint tackling with the wicked problems ends

John Hart

Delta science Planning and management

January 18, 2024

An Interview with Dr. Laurel Larsen, the Delta Stewardship Council’s Former Lead Scientist by John Hart Since the turn of the century, there has been a Delta Lead Scientist. Created in the year 2000 under the bygone program CALFED, the...