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DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster Update: Litigation in the Delta, Term 91, SB-88 implementation, and more …

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 30, 2020

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave his quarterly update where he discussed...

LEGAL BRIEFS: Judge denies motion for injunction over Shasta operations; San Joaquin County alleges misrepresentations by Westlands in CVP contract

Maven

Water project operations Water rights and water law

June 26, 2020

The Eastern District Court has issued a ruling in a lawsuit brought by Pacific Coast Federation Of Fishermen’s Associations over...

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Delta Tunnel is not a Social Justice Project

Restore the Delta

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

June 26, 2020

This guest commentary is written by Tama L. Brisbane, poet, With Our Words Inc. Stockton Poet Laureate Area Coordinator, California...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists challenge Trump rollback of water protections

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 25, 2020

Legal challenges continue to mount over the White House rolling back protections for America’s waterways, with the latest brought in...

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

Maven

Delta science

June 25, 2020

Jennifer Pierre, Paul Souza, and Campbell Ingram discuss what their needs are for managing the Delta into the future: Will...

COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project

Cal Matters

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

June 24, 2020

Opponents of the Delta tunnel project never say their position will lead to higher food prices and can even lead...

LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act

Maven

Policy and regulation

June 24, 2020

Funding requested for Shasta Dam enlargement, Friant-Kern Canal, Delta Mendota Canal, and others On Monday, Interior Assistant Secretary for Water...

EXPLAINER: Groundwater 101: The basics

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 24, 2020

Dr. Thomas Harter provides a basic understanding of groundwater – what it is, how much groundwater is out there, how...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

Maven

Delta science Planning and management

June 23, 2020

Sea Grant is a federal state partnership between NOAA and 34 university based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes...

CAL MATTERS: Filling Trump void, California steps in to protect birds, wetlands

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

June 19, 2020

California has pushed back against the Trump Administration’s environmental rollbacks by writing its own rules. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California and EPA Tussle Over Water-Quality Protections

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 18, 2020

Attorneys for 18 states and 2 major cities were in federal court Thursday asking a judge to grant a preliminary...

THIS JUST IN … DWR Submits Delta Conveyance Project Section 404 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

June 18, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has submitted a (revised) Department of the Army...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

Maven

Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 17, 2020

In October 2019, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Priorities for California’s Water, which outlined California’s...

LETTER: San Joaquin Valley water districts object to further temporary funding of the Delta Conveyance Project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

June 16, 2020

Yesterday, four San Joaquin Valley water districts led by the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, sent a letter to...

Fall 2019 IEP Newsletter now available: Fish surveys, Juvenile fish monitoring annual report, Phytoplankton status and trends, and more …

Maven

Delta science

June 13, 2020

This edition of the IEP Newsletter contains the following articles: 2019 Spring Kodiak Trawl Summary 2019 Smelt Larva Survey Summary 2018 Delta Juvenile...