Dr. Jay Lund reviews water storage in California: Changing patterns and reasons for hope Earlier this year, the U.C. Davis...
Successful forest management plans and a study that found that forest thinning can increase runoff by 20% demonstrate the benefits...
The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what water legislation is on the horizon for the legislature in 2015 At the 2015 ACWA Spring Conference, the speaker for...
Governor Brown addresses ACWA convention, calling on California’s brain power and innovation to solve the state’s water issues, and touching...
CCWD’s Leah Orloff and Delta farmer Steve Mello discuss how the drought is affecting operations within the Delta The April...
Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Water management actions and the status of Delta fisheries
DWR Drought Manager Jeanine Jones with an update on hydrologic conditions; DWR Lead Scientist Ted Sommer with an update on Delta fish species, and Delta Watermaster Michael George reviews the actions of the State Water Board At the April meeting...
Karla Nemeth from the Natural Resources Agency and Ellen Hanak from the PPIC discuss the state’s response to the drought:...
Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta is updated on the substantive differences between the change in the Bay Delta Conservation...
Panel discusses drought monitoring, including the Soil and Climate Analysis Network, the Drought Monitor, and the federal Open Data Initiative, plus the latest on Google Earth Engine’s hydrological applications currently in development The Western Governors Association (WGA), established in 1984,...
Panel of experts looks at historical ecology and critical ecological functions of the Delta, the complexities of fish management, and...
Panel of experts discuss the Delta’s complex hydrodynamics and how flow interacts with salinity, nutrients, contaminants, and the food web...
Panelists discuss water operations and supply, climate change, the regulatory environment, water conservation, and water supply economics Earlier this year, the Delta Science Program tasked the four former Delta lead scientists with developing a brief report for policy makers and...
Update to commission includes background, an overview of existing groundwater basins, and summary of boundary issues; Public listening sessions to...
DWR’s David Gutierrez and the State Water Board’s Michael Lauffer discuss the carrot and stick role of the state in...
A panel discussion on agricultural water use and efficiency improvements made since the passage of the Water Conservation Act of 2009 California is the nation’s largest farm state, providing half of the nation’s fruits, vegetables, and nuts, as well as...