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January 22, 2025

Trump apparently wants to override new Biden-Newsom rules that have widespread support among Southern California cities and some Central Valley...

SJV WATER: Kern subbasin’s groundwater plan still not up to snuff in state’s eyes

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 22, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern water managers’ struck out again on their fourth attempt to write an adequate plan...

SJV WATER: Too little too late? Tulare County water managers work to hold off state pumping sanctions

SJV Water

Groundwater News

January 22, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Groundwater managers and others in southern Tulare County are scrambling to comply with state mandates...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/21: Trump issues Executive Order: “Put people over fish” in California; Rain and snow may finally return; Delta Council set to dismiss appeal of Delta tunnel geotechnical activities; New FAQ: DWR’s role in State Intervention under SGMA; Toxic fallout from LA fires will damage both land and sea; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

January 21, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: What do the deadly Los Angeles fires mean for the city’s wildlife?

High Country News

Wildfires and watersheds

January 21, 2025

Wildlife biologist Miguel Ordeñana explains how blazes push animals into the unknown. By Kylie Mohr, High Country News Note: This...

NASA scientists find new human-caused shifts in global water cycle

NASA/JPL

Climate change Hydrology Science

January 21, 2025

By Erica McNamee, NASA In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that...

WHITE HOUSE: Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

President Trump

Policy and regulation

January 20, 2025

From the Trump White House: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SUBJECT: Putting People over...

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Water Management” by Shimon Anisfeld

Justin Scott-Coe

Author Podcasts WATER SHELF

January 20, 2025

Visit the Water Shelf main page Shimi Anisfeld kicks off Season 2 of the Water Shelf Podcast by introducing his...

NEW BOOK: Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource

Press Release/Notice

WATER SHELF

January 20, 2025

Visit the Water Shelf main page By Julie Greene In 2023, the Supreme Court made one of its most devastating...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Delta Stewardship Council set to dismiss appeal of Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

January 20, 2025

The Delta Stewardship Council released a draft decision last Friday dismissing the appeal from several NGOs, Tribes, and Delta water...

NCAR: Changes in store for atmospheric rivers

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Hydrology

January 20, 2025

Warming climate will affect the storms differently in California, Pacific Northwest By David Hosansky, National Center for Atmospheric Research Communities...

SPECIAL EDITION: SoCal fire update: High-risk fire weather to return, Wildfires and municipal water systems; How fires impact ocean water quality; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

January 19, 2025

The Daily Digest is paused for the holiday weekend and will return on Tuesday, January 21. This is a special...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Wildfires are too much for municipal water systems. In Los Angeles, firefighters tried anyway.

High Country News

Planning and management Wildfires and watersheds

January 19, 2025

Water systems aren’t designed for unlimited demands during wildland-urban interface fires. by Kylie Mohr, High Country News When wind-driven embers...

USBR: Biden-Harris Administration leaves Colorado River Basin on path to success

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

January 18, 2025

Alternatives report released today provides detailed data to support consensus agreement for post-2026 Colorado River operations to prevent catastrophic drought...

GRIST: Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse.

Grist

Wildfires and watersheds

January 18, 2025

Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of “cars, metal pipes, plastics.” By Zoya Teirstein, Grist This story was originally published...