CAL MATTERS: Demise of key environment bill could escalate California’s water wars

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

September 18, 2019

Some groups will likely paint the governor — who sees himself as an environmental warrior — as a politician who,...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

Maven

Best of the NotebookDelta science

September 18, 2019

There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected...

REACTIONS: Legislators, NGOs, farmers, and water interests react to passage and imminent veto of SB 1

Maven

Policy and regulation

September 17, 2019

Late Friday night, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the California Environmental, Public Health and Workers Defense...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Administration Set to Repeal Obama-Era Water Protection Rule

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

September 12, 2019

The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...

CAL MATTERS: On bill to blunt Trump’s environment aims, it’s farms or endangered species — and Newsom must choose

Cal Matters

Policy and regulationWater rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has been part of negotiations over air, water and endangered-species protections. The governor decries Trump’s environmental...

EXPLAINER: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...

SAC PRESS CLUB: Droughts, Tunnels & Clean Water: A Conversation on California Water Policy

Maven

Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

September 5, 2019

Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Jeff Kightlinger, and Jennifer Pierre discuss the Delta tunnel project, the long-awaited biological opinions, SB 1, voluntary...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Integrated Regional Water Management – Helping Create a Balanced Portfolio for our Water Future

Guest Contributor

Commentary

September 5, 2019

Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...

BERKELEY LAB: How California wildfires can impact water availability

Berkeley Lab

Groundwater NewsWildfires and watersheds

September 4, 2019

New Berkeley Lab study uses supercomputers to analyze hydrological changes in a California watershed following a wildfire. By Julie Chao,...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta

Maven

Delta scienceEcosystems

August 29, 2019

Study results suggest removing predators won’t address the problem, but removing submerged aquatic vegetation might At the May meeting of...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

August 28, 2019

California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...

NOW AVAILABLE: Independent Scientific Review of the Delta Mercury Control Program Phase 1 Methylmercury Control Studies

Delta Stewardship Council

Water quality

August 26, 2019

From the Delta Stewardship Council: A report to the Delta Science Program from the independent scientific review panel for the...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Synthesis within the Interagency Ecological Program: Growing to Meet Increasing Needs

Maven

Delta science

August 22, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

Maven

Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

August 21, 2019

Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Authorizes Nearly Quarter Billion Dollars to Provide Safe and Affordable Drinking Water

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

August 20, 2019

New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board:...