DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/11: Odds of a ‘strong’ El Niño grow again; Brief update on the progress of the inadequate SGMA subbasins; Even with full reservoirs, San Francisco Bay sturgeon are dying again. Why?; The West has a checkerboard problem; Friant repairs on schedule, canal lining begins; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 10am. Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Resolution Implementation – Operations: Board staff will provide an update on the Board’s implementation goals detailed in Resolution of Adoption...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/7: Forest fuel mapping and drones represent the next wave of firefighting; A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon; Irrigators and environmentalists disagree over reducing Eel River’s Flow at Scott Dam; Off-roaders damage SLO County beaver dam as battle over Salinas River brews; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar **tomorrow** … TUESDAY: PUBLIC MEETING: Delta Cross Channel Gates Modernization Project from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.  The Bureau of Reclamation is holding a hybrid public meeting Aug. 8 to provide an update on the Delta Cross Channel...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Newsom signs order to expedite levee repair ahead of the next wet winter; Siskiyou County repeals water ordinances that residents said targeted Asian Americans; Birmingham commentary on raising Shasta Dam; Lake Mead 3 feet deeper than a month ago, expected to keep filling as Lake Powell drops; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Newsom signs order to expedite California levee repair ahead of the next...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/4: Scientists chart transformation of Klamath River amid nation’s largest dam removal project; Judge signs off on $1.7 million deal over Clean Water Act violations at California prison; PG&E adopts new wildfire mitigation strategy; This Colorado artist is demystifying the West’s water problems; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘If you unbuild it, they will come’: Scientists chart transformation of Klamath River and its salmon amid nation’s largest dam removal project “The Klamath River Basin was once one of the world’s most...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/2: In 2021 people used all the runoff in the Delta watershed—how it happened and lessons learned; New state budget maintains water and natural resources funding in an uncertain economy; Water order takes shape for North Coast vineyards; Temperatures to soar again in Southwest, ramping up fire concerns; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LUNCH-MAR: Flood-MAR in Madera County from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.  The guest is Stephanie Anagnoson,...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/1: The algae bloom is back in San Francisco Bay; CA plans to turn sewage into drinking water; Tiremakers ordered to find alternative for salmon-killing chemical; What happens to the Grand Canyon if the Colorado River dries up?; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Department of Food and Agriculture from 10am to 2:30pm. Agenda items include a departmental update, federal resources for beginning farmers and ranchers, small-scale/beginning farmer assistance, California Ag Land Equity Task Force, and land...