Bay Delta Conservation Plan – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Harvest, Hatchery Returns, and Straying of Salmon Released at Bay and Delta sites during California’s Drought

January 17, 2019 678

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery is the largest salmon hatchery in California, annually producing 12...

The truth be told: The Delta, the tunnels, and the tributaries, part 2

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Best of the Notebook

October 29, 2015 781

Panelists discuss flows and the Delta tunnels, as well as the State Water Board’s water quality control plan update, Prop...

The truth be told: The Delta, the tunnels, and the tributaries, part 1

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Best of the Notebook

October 28, 2015 1064

Mountain Counties event highlights upstream concerns for flows in the tributaries and the impact of the Delta tunnels project The...

Delta Stewardship Council prepares to comment on the California Water Fix/BDCP partially recirculated environmental documents

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Meetings

October 27, 2015 346

List of concerns include adaptive management, water quality, and impacts to the Delta In July of this year, the Partially...

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay-Delta discusses Cal Water Fix

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Meetings

October 6, 2015 388

The project’s ecosystem measures, seismic risk analysis, climate change adaptation, and draft EIR discussed; also, a brief review of the...

Restore the Delta Media Call: Experts Reading Delta Tunnels EIR Express Concerns in Final Month for Public Comments

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News and Features

September 30, 2015 115

From Restore the Delta, this press release: “[Yesterday], Restore the Delta held a teleconference with a panel of experts reading...

Delta Protection Commission prepares to comment on Cal Water Fix

Maven

Meetings

September 28, 2015 248

The September meeting includes an update on the preparation of comments, and input from Delta stakeholders on the project As...

Delta Stewardship Council receives progress report on review of Cal Water Fix documents

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Meetings

September 2, 2015 286

Council staff is looking at how the Council’s previous comments and concerns were addressed in the recirculated documents In July,...

Legislative hearing: Are the Delta tunnels good for California? (part 2 of 2)

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Legislative Hearings

August 26, 2015 1971

Coverage of the hearing concludes with former Delta watermaster Craig Wilson and economist Dr. Jeff Michael, plus highlights from the...

Legislative hearing: Are the Delta tunnels good for California? (part 1 of 2)

Maven

Legislative Hearings

August 25, 2015 814

Senator Wolk leads a hearing on the Delta tunnels: The Legislative Analyst’s Office first briefs the legislators; Dr. Christina Swanson...

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears more details on California Water Fix

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Meetings

August 24, 2015 526

Details include the flexibility and constraints, transfer capability, and water quality benefits of the Delta tunnels project, plus an analysis...

This just in … Restore the Delta: Delta Tunnels “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms – Includes AP Story Link

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Breaking News

August 17, 2015 1073

From Restore the Delta: Newly released documents gained through Public Records Actions show that water exporters and the Delta Design...

Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an overview of the Cal Water Fix documents and an update on drought operations in the Delta

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Meetings

August 5, 2015 519

Metropolitan staff review what’s in the documents and explore what the project might yield; Drought operations update includes the effect...

Media call: Director Mark Cowin on the revised environmental documents for California Water Fix, formerly known as BDCP, more commonly known as the Delta tunnels

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News and Features

July 13, 2015 715

Today, Mark Cowin, Director of the California Department of Water Resources, held a media call with reporters to discuss the...

Organizations react to release of recirculated draft BDCP – Cal Water Fix documents

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Other News Item

July 10, 2015 298

Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources and Bureau of Reclamation today released a joint Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Harvest, Hatchery Returns, and Straying of Salmon Released at Bay and Delta sites during California’s Drought

The truth be told: The Delta, the tunnels, and the tributaries, part 2

The truth be told: The Delta, the tunnels, and the tributaries, part 1

Delta Stewardship Council prepares to comment on the California Water Fix/BDCP partially recirculated environmental documents

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay-Delta discusses Cal Water Fix

Restore the Delta Media Call: Experts Reading Delta Tunnels EIR Express Concerns in Final Month for Public Comments

Delta Protection Commission prepares to comment on Cal Water Fix

Delta Stewardship Council receives progress report on review of Cal Water Fix documents

Legislative hearing: Are the Delta tunnels good for California? (part 2 of 2)

Legislative hearing: Are the Delta tunnels good for California? (part 1 of 2)

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears more details on California Water Fix

This just in … Restore the Delta: Delta Tunnels “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms – Includes AP Story Link

Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an overview of the Cal Water Fix documents and an update on drought operations in the Delta

Media call: Director Mark Cowin on the revised environmental documents for California Water Fix, formerly known as BDCP, more commonly known as the Delta tunnels

Organizations react to release of recirculated draft BDCP – Cal Water Fix documents

THIS JUST IN … A water specialist in California, environmentalist Jonas Minton, has died

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Update on Delta Conveyance Project environmental documents

WEBINAR RECORDING: How to read a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Quarterly Meeting on the 2021 Reconsultation of the Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP

FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association

NOTICE: June 21 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

NOW AVAILABLE: DISB Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation Related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

NOTICE: Army Corps of Engineers releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Salton Sea Management Program 10-Year Plan

BULLETIN 74 UPDATE: California Well Standards: DWR Concludes TAC Focus Groups, Updates Project Timeline

PUBLIC NOTICE of Permit Application, North Delta Drought Salinity Barriers

NOTICE of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking and Informative Digest Released for the Klamath River Basin – Scott River and Shasta River Watersheds

REVISED NOTICE on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Funding

NOTICE: Update on CWSRF and DWSRF 2022/23 Intended Use Plans

OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: Lower San Joaquin River – Draft USBR 2023 Annual Work Plan

NOTICE: June 14 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: $193 Million in Grant Funding Now Available for Water Infrastructure and Resilience Projects

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Sierra Nevada Conservancy announces $23 million forest and fire restoration grant program

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: DWR Offers $15 Million in Grants to Protect Communities, Support Fish Populations, and Restore Streams

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: FINAL 2022 IRWM Grant Program Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package for the Proposition 1 – Round 2 IRWM Implementation Grant

DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: New Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program is already oversubscribed; California’s water market; Assemblyman Gray, others call on state to do better with water; IID implements court-sanctioned water distribution plan for ag and cities; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: What’s next for the plan to replumb the Delta?; Flow Deal: Peace treaty or Trojan Horse?; Lawsuit filed against $2.5B Pacheco Dam; Californians finally climbed on water conservation wagon in May; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/21: Lake Oroville hits peak at just over half full; Moving levees to benefit rivers, wildlife and communities; Skies are sucking more water from the land; What the future of almonds looks like in a dry CA; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/20: Thousands of baby salmon get a big lift on trip to the San Francisco Bay; What La Niña means for California’s summer; Pure Water Soquel embraces one water approach; As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: B.F. Sisk dam safety project breaks ground; Should the state ban grass to save water?; CDFW trucks salmon smolts around adverse river conditions; Lake Oroville reaches peak for the year; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 19-24: Delta tunnel project, biops, voluntary agreements, future of almonds, Pacheco Dam lawsuit, and more California water news of the week