BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Applying the winter-run life cycle model to pressing hydromanagement questions in the Central Valley Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlife January 6, 2022Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on...
COMMENTARY: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path Ag Alert CommentaryPlanning and management January 5, 2022By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...
USBR: For the first time, hatchery-raised Delta smelt released into the wild to help prevent species extinction Bureau of Reclamation News Fish and wildlife January 5, 2022Experimental release paves the way for multiyear supplementation program By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Federal and state agencies...
CAL MATTERS: No, California’s drought isn’t over. Here’s why. Cal Matters Current ConditionsPolicy and regulation January 5, 2022California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features January 5, 2022As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...
AG ALERT: FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations Ag Alert AgricultureWater quality January 5, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Parched California warns water-wasters to stop or face $500 fines Courthouse News Service Planning and management January 4, 2022Hosing off driveways and excessive lawn watering could net Californians $500 fines under new emergency drought rules. By Nick Cahill,...
USBR: Tracking Truckee snow from the sky Bureau of Reclamation News Hydrology January 4, 2022By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for January 1, 2022 Robert Shibatani Current Conditions January 3, 2022Written by Robert Shibatani As we welcome in the New Year, our reservoir status has taken on a whole new...
Happy New Year! Maven Website announcements January 1, 2022We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book...
THIS JUST IN … Early Winter Storms Provide Much-Needed Sierra Snowpack: Statewide 160% of normal Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions December 30, 2021Drought Relief Will Depend on Remaining Wet Season From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
It’s not too late to support Maven’s Notebook – and get a tax deduction for 2021! Maven Website announcements December 26, 2021Dear readers, As part of the California water community, you know Maven’s Notebook and the California Water Library are all...
Happy holidays from Maven’s Notebook! Maven Website announcements December 24, 2021Happy holidays to you and yours! As I reflect back on the past year, I am truly grateful for your...
CAL MATTERS: Danger in Droughtsville: California’s urban water at risk Cal Matters Planning and managementWater supply augmentationWildfires and watersheds December 21, 2021By Erica Yee, Cal Matters Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Managed flow pulses as food web support; Synthesis of food web data; Overview of the Science Action Agenda; and more … Maven Delta scienceEcosystems December 21, 2021At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen, Delta Lead Scientist, spotlighted an article on the...
