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June 27, 2025

From Stanford News: A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity...

NOTICE: Draft Environmental Assessment Released for Seasonal Pump-back Facilities

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 27, 2025

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: In support of the Water Management Goal of the San Joaquin River Settlement...

NOTICE: Reclamation’s final Shasta Temperature Management Plan now available

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 27, 2025

This notice is to advise that the State Water Board has received the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Temperature Management...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/26: PPIC: How much water is available for groundwater recharge in the Central Valley?; Delta leaders applaud exclusion of Delta tunnel from budget, tunnel proponents say streamlining efforts will continue; Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 26, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

REACTIONS: Delta leaders applaud exclusion of Delta tunnel from budget; Tunnel proponents say streamlining efforts will continue

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

June 26, 2025

Governor Newsom and state lawmakers have reached a budget agreement for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, though additional budget items are...

NOAA FISHERIES: Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon

NOAA Fisheries

Delta science Fish and wildlife

June 26, 2025

Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...

USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay

USGS

Delta science Ecosystems

June 26, 2025

By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and...

SJV WATER: Kern River plaintiff alleges region’s groundwater plan ignores harm to river flows

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

June 26, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs...

EDWARD RING: The Grand Water Bargain

Edward Ring

Commentary Policy and regulation

June 26, 2025

By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers...

EOS: Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

American Geophysical Union

Ecosystems Science

June 26, 2025

An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS respond to Budget Agreement

State Water Contractors

Delta Conveyance Project

June 25, 2025

Delta Conveyance Project streamlining efforts will continue as part of the legislative process Press release from the State Water Contractors...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/25: Newsom warns CA’s water system ill-prepared to cope with hotter, drier future; Budget deal reached without Delta tunnel trailer bill; How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?; Climate science and the case of the missing moisture; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 25, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry

SJV Water

Planning and management

June 25, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for...

USGS: Long-term satellite data reveal how climate shapes West Coast shorelines

USGS

Ecosystems

June 25, 2025

By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program New research uses decades of satellite data to show...

DWR highlights successful partnership with California’s farming community to protect groundwater supplies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

June 25, 2025

DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline...

STANFORD: Study shows controlled burns can reduce wildfire intensity and smoke pollution

NOTICE: Draft Environmental Assessment Released for Seasonal Pump-back Facilities

NOTICE: Reclamation’s final Shasta Temperature Management Plan now available

REACTIONS: Delta leaders applaud exclusion of Delta tunnel from budget; Tunnel proponents say streamlining efforts will continue

NOAA FISHERIES: Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon

USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay

SJV WATER: Kern River plaintiff alleges region’s groundwater plan ignores harm to river flows

EDWARD RING: The Grand Water Bargain

EOS: Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS respond to Budget Agreement

DAILY DIGEST, 6/25: Newsom warns CA’s water system ill-prepared to cope with hotter, drier future; Budget deal reached without Delta tunnel trailer bill; How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?; Climate science and the case of the missing moisture; and more …

SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry

USGS: Long-term satellite data reveal how climate shapes West Coast shorelines

DWR highlights successful partnership with California’s farming community to protect groundwater supplies

DAILY DIGEST, 1/12: PG&E plans to remove Potter Valley dams. But there’s a new obstacle: Trump; Warming trend ahead with one major exception; Salmon surge after consecutive wet years; Colorado River states have just weeks to strike a deal; and more …