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    THIS JUST IN … Statewide Snowpack Well Below Normal as Wet Season Winds Down

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Current Conditions
    April 1, 2021
    Statewide, the snowpack’s SWE is 16.5 inches, or 59 percent of average for April 1st From the Department of Water...

    ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 1: Revisiting the Foundations and Planning for the Future

    Maven
    Delta science
    March 31, 2021
    Although the 2009 Delta Reform Act now legally requires adaptive management for all restoration efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta;...

    ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 2: The Practice of Adaptive Management Planning

    Maven
    Delta science
    March 31, 2021
    The session began with Karen Kayfetz, program manager at the Delta Science Program, discussing what it means to practice adaptive...

    DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: California’s rainy season is becoming shorter and sharper

    Maven
    Climate changeDelta scienceHydrology
    March 31, 2021
    At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a new research paper on the changing...

    GUEST COMMENTARY: Beyond Acknowledgements, It’s Time We Act on Learning and Teaching Indigenous Knowledge

    Guest Contributor
    Commentary
    March 30, 2021
    Commentary written by Puanani Faleofa Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Water and Land Protector We need more water and land protectors....

    DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency Determination for Lookout Slough Project appealed

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    March 29, 2021
    The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...

    CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

    Maven
    Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features
    March 25, 2021
    Last year was a milestone year for SGMA, with the critically-overdrafted basins required to submit their first groundwater sustainability plans...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation Groups Hopeful Biden Will Reverse Trump’s Environmental Record

    Courthouse News Service
    Policy and regulation
    March 25, 2021
    The election of Joe Biden sparked a wave of optimism in wildlife advocacy organizations that the worst is over, but...

    AG ALERT: Board discusses potential winery wastewater fees

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    March 24, 2021
    By Christina Souza, Ag Alert As the State Water Resources Control Board moves forward with new regulations on wastewater discharge...

    YOSEMITE LAW CONFERENCE: Take me to the river: Evolving frameworks for environmental flows

    Maven
    Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    March 24, 2021
    Integrating consumptive use with environmental flows is a core challenge for water management. Regulatory methods for protecting instream flows have...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Pipe Dream: Feds Sued Over Desert Water Pipeline OK’d by Trump

    Courthouse News Service
    Water rights and water law
    March 23, 2021
    The project would repurpose an existing gas and oil pipeline to pump water to municipalities across Southern California. By Nathan...

    THIS JUST IN … State Water Project and Central Valley Project allocations updated (and the news is not good)

    Maven
    Current Conditions
    March 23, 2021
    State Water Project allocation drops to 5%; CVP South of Delta 5% not available for delivery until further notice. DWR...

    SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE JOURNAL: Delta smelt population dynamics models; Delta smelt entrainment; Detecting juvenile chinook salmon; and more …

    Maven
    Delta science
    March 18, 2021
    In this issue: RESEARCHStatistical Evaluation of Behavior and Population Dynamic Models Predicting Movement and Proportional Entrainment Loss of Adult Delta...

    AG ALERT: Use of rice fields as salmon habitat shows promise

    Ag Alert
    Ecosystems
    March 17, 2021
    By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Salmon reared in rice fields grow faster and larger than those from a hatchery and...

    NCWA ANNUAL MEETING: Secretary Crowfoot and Cal EPA’s Kristin Peer discuss ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth Water Management’

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    March 17, 2021
    The Northern California Water Association Annual Meeting was held on March 5, 2021.  The theme was ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: Nearly 70% of California is ‘abnormally dry’ as drought, El Niño strengthens; Solano County Supervisors put spotlight on Delta, its diversity; Report shows major progress in California on preparing for wildfire; America’s water systems face a growing cybersecurity threat; and more …

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