Posts

July 12, 2016

The Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an update on the California Water Fix project, including the upcoming hearings,...

This just in … Westlands Water District and the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority file suit against Reclamation

Westlands Water District

Water project operations

July 8, 2016

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Fails to Consider the Environmental Impacts of Biological Opinions Which Have Been Devastating Communities, they say...

Delta smelt symposium, part 4: Panel discussion: What is the path forward among considerable uncertainty?

Maven

Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 8, 2016

Panel of experts share their visions and options for the future of the Delta and longfin smelt Coverage of the...

Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration

Maven

Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 7, 2016

Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...

Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

Maven

Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

Symposium coverage, part 1: Delta and longfin smelt: Is extinction inevitable?

Maven

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

July 5, 2016

Part 1 of coverage of symposium covers what we know and don’t know about the Delta and longfin smelt Is...

Happy Fourth of July!

Maven

Website announcements

July 4, 2016

No posts today, but it’s not for my lack of trying Dear Readers, Happy Fourth of July! I won’t be...

The Bay Institute responds to Sacramento River Settlement Contractors

Maven

Water project operations

July 1, 2016

Sacramento River Settlement Contractors will receive full deliveries of water this year at the expense of the salmon runs, they...

This just in … Sacramento River Settlement Contractors frustrated by delay in implementing the Sacramento River operations plan for summer

Maven

Water project operations

June 30, 2016

Proposed Shasta Reservoir Releases Focuses Solely on Temperature for Winter Run Eggs; SRSCs Call for More Holistic Approach to Managing...

Mary Nichols: Exploring the water-energy nexus

Maven

Planning and management

June 30, 2016

The Chair of the Air Resources Board addresses the Southern California Water Committee on the potential ways the water sector...

Stanford researchers highlight steps toward sustainable groundwater management in California

Maven

Groundwater News

June 29, 2016

Survey of groundwater professionals points to need for standardized data monitoring and makes policy recommendations for successful implementation of historic...