DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/17: Central Valley farmers are having a climate reckoning; Hurricane remnants may bring ‘high impact’ deluge to CA; The digital future of water management; 25,000 pounds of trash removed from ocean; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 9am to 2pm. Agenda items include a discussion on its review of the draft Pyrethroid Research Plan by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and forming...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/14: IID hires Kightlinger for Colorado River talks; How much water is left in the Colorado River? Fear of the ‘Big Melt’ turns to big relief; Time to dance the salmon home; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Growing a Sustainable Future: The Role of Agrivoltaics in California’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus from 1:30pm to 2:30pm.  Agrivoltaics is the co-location of solar panels on agricultural lands that results in the co-production of agricultural...

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...