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THE CONVERSATION: Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

December 17, 2025

By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s...

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/16: Trump’s plan to pump more water is ill-conceived and harmful, lawmakers say; The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows; Federal ESA rules face overhaul—California prepares to fill the gap; The brawl over the Colorado River is about more than water; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 16, 2025

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CAL MATTERS: The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

December 16, 2025

Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than...

SJV WATER: Pumping allocations a “head scratcher” as Kings County groundwater agencies work toward coordination

SJV Water

Groundwater News

December 16, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Groundwater agencies in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin in Kings County have released a region-wide...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/15: Rain, snow in forecast for NorCal; State releases amended Bay Delta Plan with new chapter; USDA pushes back on California Ag Land Equity Plan; Amid Colorado River ‘impasse,’ tense meeting comes to Las Vegas; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 15, 2025

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Green California’s big oil problem

Inside Climate News

Water quality

December 14, 2025

While Gov. Newsom touted the state’s environmental efforts at the UN climate summit, toxic spills and a new law speeding...

NOW AVAILABLE: Reclamation seeks public input on draft environmental impact statement for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

Planning and management

December 14, 2025

Proposed project would provide up to 82,000 acre-feet of new offstream water storage Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State Water Board releases new analysis to advance latest proposed Bay-Delta Plan updates; Green California’s big oil problem; Reclamation releases draft EIS for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project; The Bay Area neighborhood most vulnerable to sea level rise is also sinking; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 14, 2025

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NOW AVAILABLE: San Francisco Bay Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap

Guest Contributor

Ecosystems Fact Sheets/Tools/Info

December 14, 2025

From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF...

REACTIONS: Healthy Rivers and Landscapes participants, Tribes, and environmental advocates react to revised update to Bay Delta Plan

Maven

Policy and regulation

December 14, 2025

Last Friday, the State Water Board released an update to the proposed update to the Sacramento/Delta portion of the Bay...

BAY-DELTA PLAN: State Water Board releases new analysis to advance latest proposed Bay-Delta Plan updates

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

December 12, 2025

Proposal retains dual compliance pathways, tribal beneficial uses From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 7-12: Rain, snow returning to California; Is a rapid reversal from La Niña to El Niño brewing in the Pacific?; New federal plan for Delta water pumping conflicts with CA requirements; The biggest threat to the Delta you’ve (probably) never heard of; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

December 12, 2025

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/12: Rain, snow returning to California; Is a rapid reversal from La Niña to El Niño brewing in the Pacific?; Climate whiplash could push creekside forests past their tipping point; Climate change is stealing rain and snow from the Colorado River, new report says; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 12, 2025

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UC BERKELEY: Climate whiplash could push creekside forests past their tipping point

UC Berkeley

Ecosystems

December 12, 2025

From UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources Trees along riparian corridors are both vital biodiversity hotspots and incredibly important...