DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

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 …

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?...

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) from 11am to 12pm. As California agencies continue to receive their landscape area measurement data from DWR, many face questions...

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...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/2: Pattern change to bring precip, but drought worries remain; Hertzberg introduces Drought Resilient Communities Act; CA Trash Monitoring Playbook now available; New study identifies mountain snowpack most “at-risk” from climate change; and more …

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March 2, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include the...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

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March 1, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Delta Adapts Climate Change Adaptation Workshop from 4pm to 5pm. The Delta Stewardship Council is beginning the next phase of Delta Adapts to prepare an adaptation strategy and we need your thoughts on...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Santa Barbara County debates selling state water outside the county; Toxic water in East Orosi; EPA abandons plan to appeal to salt pond ruling; Delta National Heritage Area expands; and more …

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February 28, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Water security vs. water marketing: Should state water supplies be sold outside...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/26: Delta smelt on the brink while hatchery smelt thrive; Poor salmon forecasts make fishing restrictions likely; West Coast sea level rising faster than global average; Congress on track to approve millions more in water debt relief; and more ..

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February 26, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: Water Year 2021: The suspense continues; Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, data shows; One California community shows how to take the waste out of water; Navigating the Waters of the United States; and more …

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February 25, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Stewardship Council meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an update from the Delta Watermaster, a briefing on the Delta Landscapes Scenario Planning Tool, Update and public comment on the...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/24: Valley gets grim news about water supply; CA GOP urges Biden to uphold biops; Delta island owner ordered to clean up landfill dumped into Suisun Bay; San Joaquin River flood solution is in 18th year of review; and more …

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February 24, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP/CEQA SCOPING: Delta Mercury Control Program and TMDL Review from 9am to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/23: Newsom pushes Huntington Beach desal plant; Smoothing the bumps in the road to ecosystem restoration; A dam good example of collaboration on CA water issues; and more …

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February 23, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Towards Rapid, Reproducible, and Robust Modeling from 10am to 11am. Modern...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/22: ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February; Groundwater salinization in Tulare Basin; Fortuna Coho salmon spotted higher upstream this year; New data reveal where flood damage is an existential threat; and more …

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February 22, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February in Los Angeles “February is normally the wettest month of the year in downtown Los Angeles, when 3.8 inches of rain would usually fall....

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dry conditions to persist into March; Delta Conveyance update; Hurtado reworks bill to help Friant-Kern, but also state as a whole; Colorado River projects head for controversy; and more …

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February 21, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Despite cool and occasionally unsettled conditions in NorCal, unusually dry conditions to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/19: Is this winter’s sketchy snowpack the new normal?; Using vineyards to recharge California’s groundwater; What CA needs to do to avoid a Texas-style electricity crisis; Private trout farm in NorCal works with Service, others for conservation; and more …

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February 19, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Water Quality Matters: Understanding and Addressing PFAS in our Water from...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/18: Delta study examines climate change effect; Millions of steelhead to be released throughout Central Valley; Bay Area representatives call for protection of Redwood City salt ponds; NASA Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE) Report; and more …

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February 18, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Regional Water Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items over the next two days include the Mule Creek State Prison, the food safety white paper, the East San Joaquin...