DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 3/19: Delta Conveyance Authority names new Executive Director; New analysis shows potential for ‘solar canals’; Safe Harbor Agreement delivers win for coho salmon and for landowners; Long ignored, water systems are getting attention on Hill; and more …

March 19, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Water Board Strategic Plan Workshop from 9am to 12pm. The Central...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/18: California appeals court limits groundwater pumping; Researchers reveal the extent to which rivers are losing flow to aquifers; The Biden administration’s critical role in Indian Country; America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison; and more …

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March 18, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE EVENT: Women + Water: Valuing Water from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Presented...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/17: Lessons learned from the 2012 – 2016 drought; Rising seas, worsening wildfires endanger CA parks; North Bay cities grapple with sea level rise; Dems weigh assault on Trump rules, but time is short; and more …

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March 17, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The California Water Commission meets beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include consideration of approval of the 2020 annual review of the State Water Project; briefings on the State Water Project’s aging and...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/16: Feds may look at spring-run chinook salmon as genetically distinct; When ‘eradicated’ species bounce back with a vengeance; Interim solutions on the way for Valley drinking water; 8 states are tweaking the weather (and it might not work); and more …

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March 16, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee meets beginning at 9am. The...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/15: Premature or precautionary? CA first to tackle microplastics in drinking water; California’s new drought; COVID response package includes water ratepayer assistance; and more …

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March 15, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Fisheries Restoration Grant Program 2021 Solicitation Workshop – South Coast Region (5)...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rain, snow to storm the West Coast early week; The megadrought explained; Dwindling salmon runs; Weed strikes deal for water source; Bringing life back to rivers; and more …

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March 14, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Rain, snow to storm the West Coast early week “Another round of stormy weather is set to push across the West Coast through early week, before more tranquil weather returns. … Wet...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/12: Salmon fishing curtailed on much of CA’s coast; Botulism threatens wild ducks again; Court Rules in favor of Mono County and the Sierra Club in lawsuit with LADWP; Legal alert: Increased restrictions or new water availability?; and more …

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March 12, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar tomorrow … FREE EVENT: History and Mystery of the Refuge and the Bay tomorrow (Saturday)...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/11: 2020 megafires create risks for CA’s water supply; How DWR helps locals protect groundwater; Is this the end of forests as we’ve known them?; Deep-sea ‘Roombas’ will comb ocean floor for DDT waste barrels near Catalina; and more …

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March 11, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Using Tableau Server to visualize Water Board data from 12pm to...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/10: A ‘megadrought’ in CA: The effects of extreme weather on Lake Oroville; Editorial: Newsom should kill plan to drain state reservoirs; Implications of CA’s water futures market; When it comes to U.S. climate, what’s normal is about to change; and more …

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March 10, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … A ‘megadrought’ in California: The effects of extreme weather on Lake Oroville “This year is likely to be critically dry for California. Winter storms that dumped heavy snow and rain across the...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/9: Storm on the way, but drought persists; Operating dams to better manage big storms can build resiliency; Incorporating blue carbon science into climate policy solutions; Trump’s water rule now enforced nationally; and more …

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March 9, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Habitat Projects that Benefit Threatened Fish in the Russian River Watershed...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/8: Pattern shift to bring snow and rain to California as multiyear drought builds in the West; Managing water and crops with groundwater salinity; Fewer salmon in the sea in 2021; Microplastics’ hidden contribution to snow melting; and more …

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March 8, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Getting Warmer? Ocean Temperatures off the California Coast from 6pm to...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Will March bring more drought misery or a miracle?; Multi-agency collaboration restores critical habitat for native species; Former FWS biologist now leads SoCal water agency; PFAS in pesticides: ‘A problem of epic proportions’; and more …

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March 7, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California is bone dry. Will March bring more misery or a miracle? “California, and Southern California in particular, is bone dry. The calendar says spring officially begins with the equinox March 20,...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/5: New report: U.S. dams, levees get D grades; How bad is the drought? Depends on who you ask; Prioritizing forest management; Are clean rivers too expensive? Ninth circuit will decide; and more …

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March 5, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE EVENT: 2021 Western Water Symposium from 9am to 12:30pm. This event will...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/4: 17 key environmental bills on the 2021 legislative agenda; Snow, rain returning to NorCal; Q&A: “Buzz” Thompson on CA water market; Where to see NorCal’s most spectacular waterfalls; and more …

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March 4, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: You Got Your Landscape Area Data from DWR…Now What? (Part 1)...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/3: This year likely to be critically dry, officials say; Will scandal save Delta communities?; Many opposing views on California’s new water futures market; 2021-2022 CA Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Introduced?; and more …

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March 3, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Independent Science Board meets from 10:30am to 12:30pm. Agenda items include the Delta Monitoring Enterprise Review, Water supply review, potential HAB review, 2021 work plan, and Science Action Agenda. Click...