DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/11: Is 2021 the year Delta smelt go extinct?; Dry weather pattern to continue with no rain in sight; Plan to upgrade the L.A. River seeks to atone for past injustices; In Trump admin’s final days, Army Corps reduces stream protections; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: MWELO Guidebook and Local Agency Updates from 10am to 1pm.  This DWR workshop will walk through draft Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) Guidebook for Local Agencies, and offer opportunity for public...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/7: Researchers propose a framework for evaluating impacts of climate change on CA’s water, power; Delta Conveyance Project alternatives screening process; Sacramento: Flood board makes no-fence policy official; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Researchers propose a framework for evaluating impacts of climate change on California’s water and energy systems “As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/5: Harnessing rice fields to resurrect California’s endangered salmon; When wildfire burns a high mountain forest, what happens to the snow?; Four U.S. water stories to watch in 2021; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9am.  Agenda items include an update on current hydrologic conditions and results from the 2019 Volumetric Annual Report of Wastewater and Recycled Water in...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/31: December storms can’t overcome CA’s dry fall; Final feasibility report to raise Sisk Dam sent to Congress; 2020 was a year of climate extremes. What can we expect in 2021? and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … December storms can’t overcome dry fall in California “The first snow survey in California was ambiguous.  While it showed the mountains just southeast of Lake Tahoe contains a snowpack that is approximately...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/28: Rural, urban CA areas feud over water; Disease is decimating CA’s wild ducks and shorebirds; The good, bad and alarming of CA’s environmental year; Sea otters could get new home in SF Bay; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … CBS This Morning:  Rural, urban California areas feud over water “A century-long feud between Los Angeles and rural communities where the city gets much of its water is heating up again. Some...