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November 18, 2021

At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Daniel Whisman, principal engineer and program manager for DWR’s California Aqueduct...

THE CONVERSATION: As climate change parches the Southwest, here’s a better way to share water from the shrinking Colorado River

The Conversation

Colorado River

November 17, 2021

By Daniel Craig McCool, University of Utah The Colorado River is a vital lifeline for the arid U.S. Southwest. It supplies...

CA WATER COMMISSION: State Water Project drought operations

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

November 17, 2021

DWR prepares for another dry year At the September 2021 meeting, John Yarbrough, Assistant Deputy Director of the SWP, briefed...

GUEST ARTICLE: 5 things every Californian should know about this drought

Debbie Franco

Commentary

November 16, 2021

Article authored by Debbie Franco, Managing Director, Water Solutions Network Water Is Life – It Connects Everything. We are inclined...

Preserving Genetic Diversity Gives Wild Populations Their Best Chance at Long-Term Survival

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife Science

November 15, 2021

Researchers find that maintaining genetic variation is critical to allowing wild populations to survive, reproduce, and adapt to future environmental...

SJV WATER: Kings County groundwater plan raising questions

SJV Water

Groundwater News

November 15, 2021

By Lois Henry, SJV Water It’s hard to imagine state officials giving the thumbs up to a groundwater sustainability plan...

Happy Veterans Day

Maven

Website announcements

November 11, 2021

Maven’s Notebook is pausing today for Veterans Day and will return on Friday as usual. In the meantime, enjoy your...

AG ALERT: New fertilizer management tools aid desert growers

Ag Alert

Water quality

November 10, 2021

By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region...

COMMENTARY: We can help farmers by retiring some parched lands

Ag Alert

Commentary Groundwater News

November 10, 2021

By Jay Ziegler, director of policy for The Nature Conservancy, and Dan Vink, principal partner for Six-33 Solutions, for Ag...

CAL MATTERS: Winged warning: Migrating birds hit hard by California’s drought

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

November 10, 2021

As the drought dries up California’s wetlands, traveling birds such as ducks, geese and eagles are struggling to survive and...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managed Floodplain Fish Food: Bringing Dry Side Food Webs to Wet Side Fish

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

November 10, 2021

Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was primarily a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: DWR discusses plan to keep Delta drought barrier in place

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

November 9, 2021

Additional barriers in the Northern Delta being contemplated if conditions remain dry Despite the wet weather, California is still experiencing...

RISING VOICES: California adapts to water change

The Water Hub

Climate change

November 8, 2021

Each month, the Water Hub is checking in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues...

AG AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS SPECIAL ISSUE: Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Agriculture Policy and regulation

November 5, 2021

In this issue: Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture Climatological Context for California’s Ongoing Drought, by John Abatzoglou California...

ESTUARY NEWS: Cows Run Amuck, East Bay Groundwater, Breaching Season, Lab in a Garage, Birds Use Solar Ponds, and more…

Maven

Science

November 5, 2021

In the October issue of Estuary Magazine: Breaching Season in Sloughs & Marshes Fog Cool for Oysters Weathering Climate Extremes...