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DAILY DIGEST, 11/2: Heat waves strike rivers too—can prescribed burns and beavers cool streams for salmon?; PPIC report: Priorities for CA’s water: Stewarding the wet years; A tangle of rules: How the 50 states manage groundwater; Kings County supervisors appoint Boswell employees to 10 water boards; and more …

November 2, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Paradise Cut Tour from 9am to 11am. Experience a guided journey through the...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Heat waves strike rivers too—can prescribed burns and beavers cool streams for salmon?

Robin Meadows

Ecosystems Science Wildfires and watersheds

November 2, 2023

By Robin Meadows While marine heat waves are well known, a 2022 study was the first to document aquatic temperature...

UC RIVERSIDE: Model to illustrate scenarios for the Colorado River water use

UC Riverside

Colorado River

November 2, 2023

Difficult choices loom as climate change reduces water flows By David Danelski The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

November 1, 2023

The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/1: Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home; Arrowhead water bottler sues state board over cease and desist order; Turbulent weather is headed for CA; Extreme weather makes monitoring snowpack increasingly relevant; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 1, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … HYBRID EVENT: Delta-Suisun Tidal Wetland Restoration Symposium: State of the Science and Future Directions...

AG ALERT: Wet year improves Colorado River status

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

November 1, 2023

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Now available: A Guide to Annual Reports, Periodic Evaluations, and Plan Amendments

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

November 1, 2023

From the Department of Water Resources: On October 30, 2023, DWR released its Groundwater Sustainability Plan Implementation: A Guide to Annual Reports,...

SHASTA STORY MAP: Publication examines methodology for updated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

November 1, 2023

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today released “Applied Science and Analysis of Alternatives,” the second chapter...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/31: House passes spending bill that terminates the CVPIA; DWR tells Sac Valley groundwater agencies to fix sustainability plans; NGOs say DWR needs to revise Delta Conveyance Project EIR; How should the drying Colorado River be managed?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 31, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Where the Rivers Meet: Stewarding California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from 12pm to 1:30pm. ...