SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Restoring Resilience: Leveraging nature-based solutions for wildfire protection and carbon storage in Sierra-Cascade forests Sierra Nevada Conservancy Wildfires and watersheds September 10, 2025By the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Over the last 21 years, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) has funded and supported essential...
AG ALERT: Napa vineyards helped douse Pickett Fire Ag Alert Agriculture September 10, 2025By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Below an ashen hillside, farmer Johnnie White picked shriveled grapes off flaking vines, surveying for...
STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: State Water Contractors applaud broad support for Delta Conveyance Project, pledge to push for streamlining in next legislative session State Water Contractors Delta Conveyance Project September 10, 2025The Delta Conveyance Project remains the state’s most important climate adaptation project and will protect water supplies and the state’s...
CALIFORNIANS FOR WATER SECURITY statement on Gov’s trailer bill/Delta Conveyance Californians for Water Security Delta Conveyance Project September 10, 2025Statement from Californians for Water Security: We are disappointed that the negotiations to bring the Governor’s trailer bill to the...
AG ALERT: Some forage farmers exempt from state ag order program Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation September 10, 2025By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In a major regulatory shift years in the making, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Blowing up the Water Authority isn’t off the table at LAFCO Voice of San Diego Planning and management September 10, 2025The group that rubber stamped a divorce from the agency plans to look at getting rid of the agency altogether....
CAL MATTERS: The rotten egg smell at the Salton Sea isn’t just a nuisance. It can make people sick. Cal Matters Ecosystems September 10, 2025UCLA researchers have found that hydrogen sulfide emissions at the Salton Sea are at elevated levels and can cause serious...
DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Eel River dam removal plan blasted by Trump admin; Federal satellites gather critical data for managing CA’s water; The hunt for water: a 45-mile tunnel, retired farmland and desalination all loom; Shaping the Delta’s Future: Bay Delta Plan Update; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 9, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
MET IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: Shaping the future of the Bay-Delta: The update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Maven Policy and regulation September 9, 2025The goal of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan is to balance the needs of the environment, agriculture, and urban...
SCRIPPS: Decades-old barrels of industrial waste still impacting ocean floor off LA Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ecosystems September 9, 2025Initially thought to contain the pesticide DDT, study reveals some barrels contained caustic alkaline waste By Alex Fox, Scripps Institution...
MONGABAY: Post-Blob, California’s kelp crisis isn’t going away Mongabay Ecosystems September 9, 2025By David Helvarg, Mongabay KEY IDEAS: Kelp forests function as major habitat for marine biodiversity, but are in rapid decline...
COMMENTARY: “Father Knows Best” isn‘t a water policy for California‘s future Guest Contributor CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project September 9, 2025Commentary by Tom Zuckerman, a Delta farmer located in Stockton, and Gary Bobker, Program Director at Friends of the River...
DAILY DIGEST, 9/8: California’s land subsidence challenge: A look at DWR’s draft BMP; El Niño and drought outlook in the US; CA’s data centers face a climate cooling dilemma; CA prepares for a climate-safe future with new Climate Adaptation Strategy; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 8, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
CA WATER COMMISSION: California’s land subsidence challenge: A look at DWR’s draft BMP Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 8, 2025Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its...
CNRA: California prepares for a climate-safe future with new Climate Adaptation Strategy CA Natural Resources Agency Climate changePlanning and management September 8, 2025From the California Natural Resources Agency: [Last week], Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled California’s updated Climate Adaptation Strategy — the state’s...
