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

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...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Diego officials say Tijuana River pollution is a state of emergency

Courthouse News Service

Water quality

December 12, 2025

“The fact that it’s been ongoing for so many years has changed the reality — people are getting sick, and...

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL: Yurok Tribe welcomes back salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty to a former lumber mill site in Northern California

Earth Island Journal

Fish and wildlife

December 12, 2025

By Teddi Lynn Chichester, Earth Island Journal This story originally appeared in Earth Island Journal. Bright-yellow excavators, swathes of ocher...

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: Colorado River Insights, 2025: Dancing with Deadpool

University of Colorado at Boulder

Colorado River

December 12, 2025

From the University of Colorado at Boulder: In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado...

NOW AVAILABLE: Now Available: FY 2023-2024 Delta Crosscut Budget Report

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta science Reports

December 12, 2025

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee’s (DPIIC) Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Delta Crosscut Budget Report is...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/11: California cities pay a lot for water; some agricultural districts get it for free; Golden State Salmon Association urges Newsom to sue Trump over the fresh water grab; NASEM reviews science behind Central Valley Project and State Water Project operations; Santa Clara water agency explores digital twin technology with K-water; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

December 11, 2025

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CAL MATTERS: California cities pay a lot for water; some agricultural districts get it for free

Cal Matters

Planning and management

December 11, 2025

Even among experts the cost of water supplies is hard to pin down. A new study reveals huge differences in...

REPORT: NASEM reviews science behind Central Valley Project and State Water Project operations

Maven

Reports Water project operations

December 11, 2025

Managing the delicate balance between reliable water delivery and environmental stewardship in California requires rigorous scientific backing. At the request...