ACWA: A Delta County supervisor, a water district board chair, and a farmer – A conversation about how climate change is affecting Bay-Delta water issues Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 18, 2024The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: It’s complicated. Consider: The Bay Delta watershed spans 75,000 square miles, stretching over 500 miles from...
NASA satellites find snow didn’t offset Southwest groundwater loss NASA/JPL Colorado RiverScience June 18, 2024By James R. Riordon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough...
DAILY DIGEST: Tribal members are reclaiming the ‘land of the flowing water’; Collaboration critical to water resilience; EchoWater project helps relieve multiyear drought in Sacramento; Lake Mead’s 2-year outlook: A 5-foot drop, then what?; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 17, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: CA finally awash in water, but its farmers can’t get it; El Niño makes an exit, but La Niña could bring back dry conditions; Newest state park saved this tiny town from disaster; Commercial salmon fishermen eye Klamath dam removal with cautious hope; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 16, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests Courthouse News Service Ecosystems June 15, 2024Proponents say biomass production could create clean energy and new jobs in rural California communities. Critics say biomass is not...
CDFW Releases 1 Million Chinook Salmon into San Pablo Bay from Cal Maritime Campus Department of Fish and Wildlife Ecosystems June 15, 2024From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: As the sun set over the San Pablo Bay June 10, the California...
CV-SALTS: Salt and nitrate control programs 2nd quarter 2024 update CV Salinity Coalition Policy and regulationWater quality June 15, 2024From the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS): As we head into summer, both the Salt and Nitrate...
NOTICE of changes to the proposed ‘Making Conservation a California Way of Life’ Regulation State Water Board Policy and regulation June 15, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today, the State Water Resources Control Board formally begins a fourth public comment...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 9-14: Dams need repairs, but Newsom plans to cut grants in half; Metropolitan places leader on administrative leave; Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 14, 2024A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/14: Metropolitan places general manager on administrative leave; El Niño is over — with La Niña expected soon; Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods; Colorado River water use in three states drops to 40-year low; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 14, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods Legislator/Elected Official CommentaryPolicy and regulation June 14, 2024By Senator Alvarado-Gil, Assemblyman Heath Flora, and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria We all know it. You shouldn’t wait to close the...
THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan places general manager on administrative leave Metropolitan Water District Website announcements June 13, 2024From the Metropolitan Water District: The board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California today immediately placed...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/13: CA dams need repairs. but Newsom plans to cut grants in half; Klamath irrigators clash with feds, Tribe over water rights; Bill that would have restricted new wells fails to pass out of committee; Oops! 40,000 acre-feet of water slipped through the cracks at Lake Powell; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 13, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Western agricultural communities need water conservation strategies to adapt to future shortages Desert Research Institute Agriculture June 13, 2024Relying on water storage won’t be enough to make up for declines in future water availability under a changing climate,...
CAL MATTERS: These California dams need repairs. But Newsom plans to cut grants in half Cal Matters Policy and regulation June 13, 2024Aiming to store more water and protect the public, legislators are negotiating with the governor to restore $50 million to...
