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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...

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...

GRIST: How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers

Grist

Climate change Hydrology

March 15, 2023

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist...

CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

March 15, 2023

The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Making it snow: A brief history and review of the science behind cloud-seeding

Desert Research Institute

Water supply augmentation

March 15, 2023

By the Desert Research Institute: Clouds – those enigmatic formations of condensed water vapor which drift above our heads, forming...

DFW NEWS: CDFW Using Winter Storms to Help Increase Survival of Hatchery Released Chinook Salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Science

March 15, 2023

By CDFW News Anticipating good conditions for the survival of hatchery-produced Chinook salmon throughout the Sacramento River and tributaries, the...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board rescinds emergency conservation mandate imposed on dozens of communities

Metropolitan Water District

Policy and regulation

March 15, 2023

Southern Californians asked to continue using water efficiently to prepare for uncertainty of Colorado River water supplies, by increasing storage...

DR. JEFFREY MOUNT: California Drought: What will it take to protect species?

Maven

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

March 15, 2023

The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in...

SJV WATER: Damage from “severe breach” of Friant-Kern Canal construction at Deer Creek difficult to assess

SJV Water

Water project operations

March 14, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unfinished section of the new Friant-Kern Canal suffered a “severe breach” at Deer Creek...

SJV WATER: Kern River outflow from Lake Isabella is ramping up but, no, it is not a “flood release”

SJV Water

Current Conditions

March 14, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Outflow from Lake Isabella into the Kern River increased on Tuesday but only because downriver...

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD reacts positively to the scientific basis report for the voluntary agreements

Maven

Notebook News and Features Science

March 14, 2023

DISB Board Chair Lisa Wainger: “This is worth doing. Just make sure you learn from it.” The Delta Independent Science...

THE CONVERSATION: Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists

The Conversation

Climate change Hydrology

March 14, 2023

By Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms...

SJV WATER: How did two valley groundwater plans win recommendations for approval from the state?

SJV Water

Groundwater News

March 13, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Most groundwater plans covering the San Joaquin Valley got a big, fat thumbs down from...