THIS JUST IN … March Precipitation Not Enough to Offset Dry Winter

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

April 1, 2020

Statewide, the Sierra snowpack is 53% of average From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR)...

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: The magic water wand

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

April 1, 2020

If you had a magic wand that could give you unlimited funding, could change any law, write any new law,...

THIS JUST IN … CDFW Issues Permit to DWR for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

March 31, 2020

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Fish and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Moves Forward With Water Project Without Federal Guidance

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulationWater project operations

March 31, 2020

In the latest break between the Trump administration and California on environmental policy, officials on Tuesday cemented plans that will...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Depletion of interconnected surface waters: Not that simple

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

March 26, 2020

Sierra Ryan is a water resources planner with the County of Santa Cruz.  In this presentation from the Groundwater Resources...

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

March 25, 2020

Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity,...

DWR GROUNDWATER REPORT: Groundwater Levels Continue to Rebound from Last Drought

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

March 20, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: California’s climate is the most variable of any state, historically swinging from dry to...

CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE: Watershed-level water accounting; Rethinking responses to food safety outbreaks in leafy greens; Reducing runoff with cover crops and mulch; and more …

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Agriculture

March 19, 2020

California Agriculture is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal reporting research, reviews and news on California’s agricultural, natural and human resources.  The...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: David Orth gives his observations on how sustainable groundwater management is playing out in the San Joaquin Valley

Maven

Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

March 19, 2020

David Orth is the principal of New Current Water and Land, which offers strategic planning, program implementation, and water resource...

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: Infrastructure: What’s on Tap for California

Maven

Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

March 18, 2020

Armando Quintero, chair of the California Water Commission, gives an update on the Water Storage Investment Program, the Sustainable Groundwater...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Significant progress being made in implementing the state’s groundwater law

Geoff Vanden Heuvel

CommentaryGroundwater News

March 18, 2020

Guest commentary by Geoff Vanden Heuvel, Director of Regulatory and Economic Affairs, Milk Producers Council: I remember being surprised when...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A new threat to California Streams: Will the rush to develop our newest water source destroy more streams?

Felice Pace

Commentary

March 17, 2020

Commentary by North Coast Stream Flow Coalition, written by Felice Pace, Policy Advisor The first plans implementing California’s landmark groundwater...

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

Maven

Delta science

March 12, 2020

The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly...

SFEWS: Delta smelt predation; Central Valley surface water diversions; Predicting juvenile salmon fish routing, Sacramento River predator diet analysis

Maven

Delta science

March 12, 2020

In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal: ESSAY Did a Shifting Ecological Baseline Mask the...

THIS JUST IN … Golden State Salmon Association and allies seek injunction to stop implementation of new biological opinions

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

March 11, 2020

From the Golden State Salmon Association: GSSA and allied groups have asked a federal court to immediately block a new...