NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How AI can help protect California streams and fish Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features January 4, 2024by Robin Meadows Rivers in California once swelled and ebbed as the seasons changed and as wet years gave way...
SJV WATER: Delano water bottling plant prompts concerns over exporting native groundwater SJV Water Groundwater News January 3, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater...
DAILY DIGEST, 1/3: Sierra Nevada snowpack at lowest level in 10 years as ‘snow drought’ grips CA, western US; Two more storm systems bringing snow, rain; Salinity management in the Central Valley; New Year brings new laws, policies; and more … Maven Daily Digest January 3, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL MEETING: State Board of Food and Ag (Virtual) from 4pm to 5pm. The...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: ‘We’re dry:’ First 2024 snow survey dismal in California Courthouse News Service Current Conditions January 3, 2024Only time will tell if the Golden State will see a big jump in precipitation like in 2023, but so...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: First dive survey of Lake Tahoe’s lakebed finds high amounts of plastic and other litter Desert Research Institute Water quality January 3, 2024Scientists teamed up with nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyze litter found on the bottom of Lake...
AG ALERT: New Year brings new laws, policies affecting farmers Ag Alert Policy and regulation January 3, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert With the New Year comes a slew of new state and federal policies designed to...
AG ALERT: State readopts curtailment for Scott, Shasta tributaries Ag Alert Agriculture January 3, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Even though the clock doesn’t run out on winter for another eight weeks, state water...
THIS JUST IN … First Snow Survey of the Season Finds Below Average Conditions for California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions January 2, 2024With Above Average Reservoir Levels, El Niño Conditions, and a Dry Start to the Water Year, California is Preparing for...
DAILY DIGEST, 1/2: Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January; What will become of rice?; Believing in the power of beavers; Researchers, tribes, residents prepare for a century of sediment released from the Klamath dams; and more … Maven Daily Digest January 2, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January “The weather...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Snow on California’s 2024 wish list Courthouse News Service Current Conditions December 29, 2023By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News The drive to the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains...
SJV WATER: Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows SJV Water Water rights and water law December 29, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 26-29: West Coast braces for more storms; How America’s diet is feeding the groundwater crisis; Case study: What if farmers had to pay for water?; No Delta Smelt collected in CDFW fall survey for sixth year in a row; and more … Maven Weekly Digest December 29, 2023A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: West Coast braces for more storms; Strawberry case study: What if farmers had to pay for water?; The journey of Yuba water to the Golden Gate; The secret foreign roots of tech titans’ new California city; and more … Maven Daily Digest December 29, 2023[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Holiday weekend forecast: Storms and big waves … 30-foot waves and widespread rain: West Coast braces for more storms...
BOOK REVIEW: The Abundance Choice: Our Fight for More Water in California Justin Scott-Coe WATER SHELF December 28, 2023Visit the Water Shelf main page Listen to this review: “Abundance” is a concept in wide circulation among California...
SFEWS: Keeping water in headwaters longer; Fishery impacts of hatchery-origin vs. natural-origin chinook salmon, Diets of fish in the Stanislaus River, and more … Guest Contributor Delta science December 28, 2023San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS) provides credible scientific information on California’s complex water issues, linking new science to...
