STATELINE: California’s Drought Reckoning Could Offer Lessons for the West Stateline Planning and management January 11, 2022by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline The golden hills of California have turned green in recent weeks after a series of storms...
THIS JUST IN … State Agencies Detail Progress Implementing Water Resilience Portfolio CA Natural Resources Agency Policy and regulationReports January 11, 2022From the California Natural Resources Agency: A new report (below) released today conveys significant progress made in the past 18...
FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water Robin Meadows Colorado RiverHydrologyNotebook News and Features January 11, 2022The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
DWR: 25 Years After Deadly 1997 New Year’s Floods, Here’s How California is More Prepared Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management January 7, 2022By the Department of Water Resources: California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in...
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)...
