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March 19, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water After days of debate and delay the Kings County Board of Supervisors ordered a levee...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dual storms to swipe California with flooding rain, mountain snow; High drama, ugly deeds, politics swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake; Microplastics found in Sierra snowpack; A solar solution to the West’s changing climate?; and more …

March 19, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] California storms continue … Dual storms to swipe California with flooding rain, mountain snow “The end of winter will...

FRESNOLAND: Big rivers kept in check as residents grappled with havoc from streams, springs and snowmelt in Madera and Fresno counties

Fresnoland

Current Conditions

March 18, 2023

By Gregory Weaver, Fresnoland In Fresno and Madera counties, it was smaller streams and snowmelt that caused most of the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Low Lake Mead water level tough on small town

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

March 17, 2023

Twenty-three years of drought have dried up tourist dollars for Overton, Nevada. But some residents think the federal government bears...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Newsom’s Delta decisions are the sort of responsive moves California needs for water crisis

Cal Matters

Commentary Water project operations

March 17, 2023

The decision to suspend environmental regulations for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – and then reverse it a few weeks later...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue

Cal Matters

Commentary Water project operations

March 17, 2023

Despite reversing course last week, the February decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state water officials to bypass environmental rules...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 12-17: Independent science board reacts positively to the Voluntary Agreements; Jeff Mount: What will it take to protect species?; plus all the week’s water news

Maven

Weekly Digest

March 17, 2023

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/17: A very wet winter has eased California’s drought, but water woes remain; CDFW testing ‘parentage-based tagging’ of fall-run chinook salmon; CA’s atmospheric river storm strengthens almond markets; Ironhouse Sanitary district wants to develop Delta island; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 17, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Colorado River Basin Governance, Decision Making, and Alternative Approaches from 12pm to 1pm. ...

THE CONVERSATION: Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look

The Conversation

Current Conditions

March 16, 2023

By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....

CDFW Testing ‘Parentage-Based Tagging’ of Fall-Run Chinook Salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Delta science Fish and wildlife

March 16, 2023

By the Department of Fish & Wildlife: Under cover of darkness and with a series of cold, late-winter storms building,...

NASA/JPL: Ranking Atmospheric Rivers: New Study Finds World of Potential

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

March 16, 2023

By NASA/JPL Like hurricane categories, a scale for atmospheric river storm severity could help communities around the globe compare and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Western water wars at high court focus on Navajo Nation

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

March 16, 2023

Out of the arid American Southwest is a case headed to the Supreme Court dealing with the hottest commodity in...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/16: California to get break from storms, but not for long; CDFW using winter storms to help increase survival of hatchery released chinook salmon; Water restrictions lifted for 7 million in Southern California, but region still urged to conserve; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 16, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: DWR’s County Drought Resilience Planning Assistance from 1pm to 2:30pm. DWR will provide...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Integrating social sciences in the Delta

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

March 16, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Integrating the social sciences into environmental science and management in the Delta can contribute to a better understanding of...

STATELINE: Facing Drought, Western States Seek to Deny Groundwater to Foreigners

Stateline

Colorado River Policy and regulation

March 15, 2023

by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...