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...
Water IS a gift! Maven Website announcements December 18, 2021It’s here…the season of sharing and gratitude; of holidays with family and friends; of the giving and receiving of gifts....
ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more Estuary News Group Climate changeDelta scienceScience December 17, 2021New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Interpreting correlations, Patterns of water use, Apparent seasonal bias in Delta outflow estimates, Nutrients in the Delta, and more … Maven Science December 16, 2021ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water...
FALL 2021 DELTA BREEZE NEWSLETTER: Research results and updates from our 2016 and 2018 Delta Science Fellows Maven Delta science December 16, 2021From the Delta Science Program:...
FEATURE: How the West Can Survive Smaller Snowpacks and Bigger Atmospheric Rivers Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookClimate changeDelta science December 15, 2021by Robin Meadows Mountains are the foundation of water in the western United States, natural infrastructure that captures snowfall during...
STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality December 15, 2021Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
USGS: Rivers in the sky: 6 facts to know about atmospheric rivers USGS Hydrology December 14, 2021By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...
NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes seek to secure their water rights as Colorado River dries Nevada Current Colorado River December 14, 2021by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Historically excluded from Colorado River negotiations, tribes are demanding to be included in policy discussions...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir clears a critical funding hurdle Ag Alert Policy and regulation December 12, 2021By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as...
AG ALERT: Research shows grazing by cattle can help vernal pools Ag Alert Agriculture December 12, 2021From Ag Alert Giving 1,200-pound cows access to one of California’s most fragile and biologically rich ecosystems seems a strange...
PNNL: Climate cycles create California precipitation uncertainty Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Climate changeScience December 10, 2021Natural variability dominates modeled uncertainty in California precipitation By Beth Mundy, PNNL Over the past 40 years, winters in California...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Joaquin Esquivel on drought, partnerships, affordable water, wildfires, and more … Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 10, 2021At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down...
