The interagency committee charged with implementation of the Delta Plan endorses a list of high priority science actions for the...
At a budget subcommittee hearing last week, Senator Wolk has some questions for Director Bonham and Director Cowin on the...
Environmental activist and founder of Heal the Bay is remembered for her warm spirit and tremendous contributions In a continuing series this year of special holiday-themed commentaries, Maven’s Notebook fondly remembers the legacy of Dorothy Green. Dorothy Green was an...
An overview of how new reporting requirements, frost protection regulations, water curtailments, and some pending litigation could affect water rights...
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 of upper watershed management The Western Governors Association (WGA), established in 1984, represents the governors of 19 western states and...
The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what...
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 meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council included an update on the continuing drought and its impacts. In the last installment...
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...
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 Plan from a HCP-NCCP approach to a Section 7 approach At the April 28th meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on...
Panel discusses drought monitoring, including the Soil and Climate Analysis Network, the Drought Monitor, and the federal Open Data Initiative,...
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 Earlier this year, the Delta Science Program tasked the four former Delta lead scientists with developing a brief report for...