“We don’t have what all of you want, which is the proposed project,” began Jerry Meral. “We’re not there yet.”...
With the Delta Plan calling for a comprehensive Delta Science Plan to be in place by December of 2013, development...
The final Delta Plan and related documents are on track to be posted at the end of the month, the Delta Stewardship Council discusses near-term strategies and implementation of the Plan, and the Delta Science Board proposes to conduct an...
At the November 5th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Stewardship and Planning Committee, Regional Director for Reclamation’s Lower Colorado...
Strategies for near-term actions in the Delta, implications of Army Corps policies regarding Delta levees, and an update on the...
How should science inform policymaking and how should that be outlined in the Delta Science Plan? These questions as well as news from the 7th Biennual Bay Delta Science Conference were the topics of discussion during Lead Scientist Dr. Peter...
Note: The following is a summary of the PPIC report, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better...
On Monday, October 15th, Senator Lois Wolk, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, held a...
For more than two decades, native fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been declining at a rapid rate with no single identifiable cause. Stressors” are broadly defined as those factors that can harm native species, and the Delta has...
National Heritage Area designation for the Delta, increased authority for the State Water Board, and the EPA’s Bay-Delta Action Plan...
John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources, recently spoke at a meeting in Loomis, where he discussed the water bond and...
By shifting its timing and use of electricity, California’s water sector can help avoid the need to build new power plants, a new white paper, California’s Water-Energy Nexus: Pathways to Implementation, has determined. Written by GEI Consultants on behalf of...
With so many dams in California and the current dismal budget climate, perhaps you might have been concerned about the...
Following an analysis that determined that existing state and federal water quality standards were not adequately protecting the Delta’s ecosystem,...
Broader authority for the State Water Board to enforce water rights violations and prevent illegal diversions are among the key recommendations of an informational report to be presented at Wednesday’s Board meeting by Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson. In his report,...