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METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

November 13, 2019

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Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers California, Nevada, and the part of Oregon that includes the Klamath Basin. At the Novemb... Read More...

SAC PRESS CLUB: Droughts, Tunnels & Clean Water: A Conversation on California Water Policy

Maven

September 5, 2019

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Aerial view looking South along Old River, in the center is Fay Island, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California. Photo taken March 08, 2019.Ken James / California Depar... Read More...

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

Maven

August 6, 2019

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Aerial view looking East along San Joaquin River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Photo by Ken James / DWR Explainer post on what these environmental documents are all about and how they interface w... Read More...

House delegation sends letter to Secretary Jewell regarding FWS & NMFS proposed actions for Delta smelt, salmon

Maven

June 10, 2016

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Congressman Costa and others calls on the Administration to reexamine 'harmful actions' From the Office of Congressman Jim Costa: Today, Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) and fifteen members of the California House de... Read More...

Delta Stewardship Council: Independent science review panels and the biological opinions

Maven

May 19, 2016

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Panel at the Delta Stewardship Council discusses the effectiveness and impact of the yearly independent science panel review of the biological opinion RPAs for operations of the state and federal water project ... Read More...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 2: Supporting analyses for target aquatic species; Panel’s initial recommendations

Maven

May 5, 2016

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Presentations take an in-depth look at the analyses for salmonids, sturgeon, Delta smelt, and longfin smelt; panel gives initial recommendations Coverage of the independent science panel review of the draft bi... Read More...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 1: Overview of the project and the endangered species consultation process

Maven

May 4, 2016

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Presentations give overview of the California Water Fix project, and an in-depth review of the Section 7(a)(2) consultation process The California Water Fix is a proposal to build three new intake facilities i... Read More...

This just in … Ninth Circuit Upholds Biological Opinion for Central Valley Irrigation Impacts on Endangered Salmon

Maven

December 22, 2014

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This just in from the Central Valley Business Times: Salmon and the federal government agencies and environmental groups trying to keep them alive in the California Delta have scored a win over water contracto... Read More...

Letter: Feinstein and Costa send letter to Secretary Jewell and Secretary Pritzker: “Significant precipitation and the maximum discretion allowed under the biological opinions are vital to prevent severe adverse impacts to the people of the Central Valley and to California’s economy.”

Maven

December 2, 2013

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Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Jim Costa have teamed up to write a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to ask for their continued efforts in secur... Read More...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Salt marsh harvest mouse recovery, Salmon resilience and survival, Submerged aquatic vegetation, DSM-2 evaluation

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Microplastics Everywhere: Understanding Microplastics in the Bay and Recommended Actions

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: 16 years of SFEWS, Monitoring contaminants in the Delta, Modeling South Delta entrainment, and more …

ESTUARY NEWS: Coverage of State of the Estuary conference: Water, environment, climate, equity

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

In her own words: Pat Mulroy: "Water management in the Wild West: Lessons Learned"

ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

DR. MICHAEL KIPARSKY: Can Recharge Net Metering contribute to sustainable groundwater management?

GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

SAC PRESS CLUB: Droughts, Tunnels & Clean Water: A Conversation on California Water Policy

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

House delegation sends letter to Secretary Jewell regarding FWS & NMFS proposed actions for Delta smelt, salmon

Delta Stewardship Council: Independent science review panels and the biological opinions

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 2: Supporting analyses for target aquatic species; Panel’s initial recommendations

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 1: Overview of the project and the endangered species consultation process

This just in … Ninth Circuit Upholds Biological Opinion for Central Valley Irrigation Impacts on Endangered Salmon

Letter: Feinstein and Costa send letter to Secretary Jewell and Secretary Pritzker: “Significant precipitation and the maximum discretion allowed under the biological opinions are vital to prevent severe adverse impacts to the people of the Central Valley and to California’s economy.”

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