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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Trump administration tells California its key water plan is ‘unworkable’; How does El Niño impact the weather?; Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership; If Colorado River compact heads to Supreme Court, ‘everybody loses,’ experts say; and more …

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    Daily Digest
    September 9, 2026
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    SCRIPPS: How does El Niño impact the weather?

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Hydrology
    September 9, 2026
    Scripps Oceanography meteorologists and climate scientists answer questions about El Nino’s impact on weather By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution...

    DELTA COALITION: Voluntary agreements fail as federal and state partners pull out of updated Bay-Delta Plan

    Conservation organizations & coalitions
    Planning and management
    September 9, 2026
    Delta Coalition decries Voluntary Agreements framework as unreliable and ecologically destructive to an already fragile Delta Estuary From Restore the...

    CDFW: Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership

    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Fish and wildlife
    September 9, 2026
    From the California Department of Fish and Wildlife: The Hoopa Valley Tribe (Tribe) and the California Department of Fish and...

    USBR: Trinity River weir consolidation streamlines salmon monitoring and opens new chapter for Tribal partnership

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Fish and wildlife
    September 9, 2026
    From the Bureau of Reclamation: A new chapter for Trinity River salmon begins this fall as the California Department of...

    INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: NOAA Fisheries takes a ‘sharp turn away from science’

    Inside Climate News
    Fish and wildlife
    September 9, 2026
    The agency’s focus on commercial interests threatens fisheries science and over one million miles of protected marine habitats. By Johnny...

    DAILY DIGEST, 9/8: Reclamation, Westlands cite concerns with Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program; What is El Niño and what makes this a very strong El Niño?; South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is one of the most ambitious nature-based solutions to sea level rise; New California law banning watering decorative grass starts Jan. 1; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    September 8, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    SCRIPPS: What is El Niño and what makes this a very strong El Niño?

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Hydrology
    September 8, 2026
    Scripps Oceanography experts explain phenomenon, why this event is likely to be a very strong El Niño, and how these...

    EOS: Wastewater can take harmful algal blooms from bad to worse

    American Geophysical Union
    Water quality
    September 8, 2026
    By modeling toxic diatoms and coastal processes, scientists have discovered the degree to which nutrients from Southern California’s densely populated...

    YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The next water crisis is beneath our feet

    Yale Climate Connections
    Groundwater News
    September 8, 2026
    As droughts intensify and groundwater warms, contaminants can move into underground aquifers – threatening drinking water and agriculture. By Sanket...

    BAY-DELTA PLAN: Reclamation Provides comments on California State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Planning and management
    September 5, 2026
    From the US Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation provided the following comments today to the California State Water...

    BAY-DELTA PLAN: Westlands Water District to end participation in Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program absent reversal by the State

    Westlands Water District
    Planning and management
    September 5, 2026
    From the Westlands Water District: Westlands Water District will not continue in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) Program under...

    CDFW: Scientists keeping an eye on river conditions to protect winter-and-fall-run salmon

    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Fish and wildlife
    September 5, 2026
    From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is...

    UC BERKELEY: New digital tool shows where exactly California’s water goes — and how climate change might disrupt it

    UC Berkeley
    Planning and management
    September 5, 2026
    The UC Berkeley-led COEQWAL project is helping communities explore how shifting the state’s water priorities could impact agriculture, cities and...

    DWR: Some Like It Hot: DWR Scientists Endure Extreme Heat to Study Desert Pupfish at the Salton Sea

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    EcosystemsFish and wildlife
    September 5, 2026
    From the Department of Water Resources: Summer temperatures at the Salton Sea in southeastern California frequently exceed 110° F, making...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/11: Newsom’s big water deal is in trouble; The massive infrastructure projects of the 1960s wouldn’t work today; Beneath the floodplain: How restored riverways are recharging Central Valley aquifers; Climate change, not data centers, behind Colorado River drought; and more …

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