WEEKLY FEATURES Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 27-31: Ecosystem-based management in the Delta; Delta Lead Scientist report highlights new research papers focus on habitat, flow, predation

July 31, 2020

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A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive this post as an email in your inbox on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Klamath fisheries field crew stays safe and gets the job done; Massive seagrass die-off leads to widespread erosion in Morro Bay; How the California Fish Passage Forum clears the way; and more …

Maven

July 30, 2020

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Going with the flow: Fisheries field crew stays safe and gets the job done "What does a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field crew do when the start of the field season coincides with a rising global pandemic... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel alternatives, June 2020 outflow, 106 years of water supply reliability, Giants in the rice fields; and more …

Maven

July 28, 2020

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Delta tunnel: DWR rejects consideration of No Tunnel alternatives in EIR Deirdre Des Jardins writes, "The Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority convened the 10th meeting of the Stakeholder Engag... Read More...

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 19-24: SGMA: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?; State Water Board settles Delta lawsuit

Maven

July 24, 2020

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A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive this post as an email in your inbox on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Water hyacinth acts like ‘plastic wrap’ on the Delta; Creating a new fishery at Mountain Meadows Reservoir; Accurate weather forecasts 28 days out

Maven

July 23, 2020

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IN SCIENCE NEWS THIS WEEK ... Water hyacinth acts like ‘plastic wrap’ on the Delta "Looking at the water hyacinth’s lovely lavender flowers and lush green leaves, it’s easy to see why it was brought here ... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Stakeholder Engagement Committee member reflects on the history of Locke; La Malfa jams up Dems hydro dam giveaway scheme; Small farm, big tale: sustainable farming in the Bay Area; A review of efforts to recover Sacramento Valley chinook salmon; and more …

Maven

July 21, 2020

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Delta Conveyance Project Stakeholder Engagement Committee member Douglas Hsia representing the town of Locke has been writing reports on the meetings and posting them on the Locke Foundation website. In his la... Read More...

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 12 – 17: Tim Quinn: 40 Years of CA water policy; Human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems; Almonds and salmon – Contrasts in sustainability

Maven

July 17, 2020

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A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive this post as an email in your inbox on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Coho climate challenge: identifying at-risk populations; Chinook salmon declines related to changes in freshwater conditions; Forecast errors and uncertainties in atmospheric rivers; Rising sea levels and river delta growth; and more …

Maven

July 16, 2020

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Coho climate challenge: identifying at-risk populations: "A wealth of data about the past can make it easier to predict the future. Biologists studying economically valuable salmon often have the advantage of ... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Harmful algal blooms in the Delta are a pandemic; New tool shows where groundwater recharge will maximize benefits; Protecting clean water; and more …

Maven

July 14, 2020

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Delta flows: harmful algal blooms in the Delta are a pandemic: "In 2007, we produced our first Delta Flows newsletter and began our advocacy for increased flows to improve water quality for the San Francisco B... Read More...

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 5 -10: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins; Socioecological resilience and environmental injustice; Monthly reservoir report

Maven

July 10, 2020

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A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive this post as an email in your inbox on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Scientists launch two-pronged approach to map cyanotoxins in Bay-Delta; Restoration at Liberty Island; The story behind a uniquely dark wetland soil; Does DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there?; and more …

Maven

July 9, 2020

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Scientists launch two-pronged approach to map cyanotoxins in Bay-Delta: "Over the last few decades the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has experienced declines in phytoplankton productivity and a shift in s... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnels, Delta flows, Dairy’s shrinking water footprint; Delta smelt sanctuary; climate resilience; and more …

Maven

July 7, 2020

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MWD and Valley Water have yet to commit funds for Delta tunnel design: Deirdre Des Jardins writes, "Metropolitan Water District has two seats on the Board of the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Author... Read More...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July

Robert Shibatani

July 6, 2020

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Prepared by Robert Shibatani exclusively for Maven's Notebook As of June 30, 2020 The ability of the State to “ride” on its established carryover storage was on vivid display this month. Our north CVP res... Read More...

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 28-July 3: The state of California’s environment; Engaging diverse communities around water, climate, and the environment; Delta Watermaster report

Maven

July 3, 2020

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A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive this post as an email in your inbox on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta; High res mapping survey of water quality constituents in the Delta; Removing fish passage barriers; Remembering Ridgecrest; and more …

Maven

July 2, 2020

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Fish predation on a landscape scale: "Predator–prey dynamics can have landscape‐level impacts on ecosystems, and yet, spatial patterns and environmental predictors of predator–prey dynamics are often investiga... Read More...

Delta smelt symposium, part 4: Panel discussion: What is the path forward among considerable uncertainty?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

Dr. Peter Goodwin: Six things the Delta science community has learned in the last two years

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

FEATURE: Water rights 101

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 27-31: Ecosystem-based management in the Delta; Delta Lead Scientist report highlights new research papers focus on habitat, flow, predation

SCIENCE NEWS: Klamath fisheries field crew stays safe and gets the job done; Massive seagrass die-off leads to widespread erosion in Morro Bay; How the California Fish Passage Forum clears the way; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel alternatives, June 2020 outflow, 106 years of water supply reliability, Giants in the rice fields; and more …

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 19-24: SGMA: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?; State Water Board settles Delta lawsuit

SCIENCE NEWS: Water hyacinth acts like ‘plastic wrap’ on the Delta; Creating a new fishery at Mountain Meadows Reservoir; Accurate weather forecasts 28 days out

BLOG ROUND-UP: Stakeholder Engagement Committee member reflects on the history of Locke; La Malfa jams up Dems hydro dam giveaway scheme; Small farm, big tale: sustainable farming in the Bay Area; A review of efforts to recover Sacramento Valley chinook salmon; and more …

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 12 – 17: Tim Quinn: 40 Years of CA water policy; Human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems; Almonds and salmon – Contrasts in sustainability

SCIENCE NEWS: Coho climate challenge: identifying at-risk populations; Chinook salmon declines related to changes in freshwater conditions; Forecast errors and uncertainties in atmospheric rivers; Rising sea levels and river delta growth; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Harmful algal blooms in the Delta are a pandemic; New tool shows where groundwater recharge will maximize benefits; Protecting clean water; and more …

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 5 -10: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins; Socioecological resilience and environmental injustice; Monthly reservoir report

SCIENCE NEWS: Scientists launch two-pronged approach to map cyanotoxins in Bay-Delta; Restoration at Liberty Island; The story behind a uniquely dark wetland soil; Does DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there?; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnels, Delta flows, Dairy’s shrinking water footprint; Delta smelt sanctuary; climate resilience; and more …

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 28-July 3: The state of California’s environment; Engaging diverse communities around water, climate, and the environment; Delta Watermaster report

SCIENCE NEWS: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta; High res mapping survey of water quality constituents in the Delta; Removing fish passage barriers; Remembering Ridgecrest; and more …