DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/31: Rebalancing ag and natural land; CA lawmakers vote to phase out toxic firefighting foam, wildfire funding bill poised to die; Western wildfires a boon for native species; Toxic dust from Salton Sea could complicate coronavirus recovery; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Rebalancing agricultural and natural land “Over the next 20 years, San Joaquin Valley farmers may need to temporarily fallow or permanently retire over half a million acres of cropland as California pushes...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Water district fires nearly all of its employees after they refuse to follow board’s illegal votes; Consultants list 10 lessons learned over 5 years of SGMA implementation; AGs challenge trump weakening of ‘Magna Carta’ of environmental law; ESA to potentially reflect a new ‘habitat’ definition under proposal; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar this evening … Source to Sea: Klamath science episode at 5pm After years of advocacy and...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/27: CA dams need repairs to survive future major flood, says author; CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on grounding COVID recovery in climate action; Feinstein secures GAO review of EPA’s SF enforcement actions; Environmental justice becomes part of California city planning; and more …

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Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ONLINE MEETING: The Delta Stewardship Council meets at 9am. Agenda items include an update on the Science Action Agenda, approval of an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation regarding Delta science proposal...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/24: Hurricane Genevieve may be gone, but ‘ghost’ may bring more thunderstorms to CA; Assembly kills Friant-Kern Canal funding bill; Are abandoned mines affecting our drinking water or could they soon?; Addressing water equity in a time of rising costs; and more …

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Good morning! On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: COVID Relief & Water Infrastructure Legislation with U.S. Rep Jared Huffman beginning at 10:00am Join the Water Now Alliance on August 24th as they host Representative Jared Huffman of California’s 2nd...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/20: State Water Board and conservationists sue FERC over Clean Water Act waivers; The winners and losers with Klamath Dams removal; CA still hasn’t found analyst to study Salton Sea water import proposals; Water contaminant could have neurotoxic effects on children; and more …

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Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ONLINE MEETING: Residential Landscape Area Measurement Study 3rd Quarter Technical Work Group from 9am to 12pm.  DWR will present the validation results for completed classification of residential landscapes. The meeting will be...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/17: Some CA cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show; Fish surveys in the estuary: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; California wildfire spawns a rare firenado; and more …

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Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Some California cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show “Just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, yet a world away from San Francisco, in an...