Delta Archives ~ Page 25 of 40 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

March 15, 2022

Rejecting objections by environmental and farming industry groups, a federal judge green-lighted a revised, government-endorsed plan to manage water projects...

RISING VOICES: Where does it go? Water allocations & algae blooms in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary

The Water Hub

Policy and regulation Water quality

March 10, 2022

Each month, the Water Hub is checking in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues...

Building Bridges with Science for Communities

Maven

Commentary

March 3, 2022

By Senior Environmental Scientist Cory Copeland If you ever go to coffee or happy hour with a State scientist, you...

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Delta Conveyance Project update

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Delta Conveyance Project Delta science Notebook News and Features

February 24, 2022

Update includes a project overview, the alternatives selected and analyzed, project operations, and more … This year, California faces a...

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Central Valley Project operations overview

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water project operations

February 17, 2022

At the January meeting of the Delta Independent Science Board, the board members heard a series of presentations on water...

DELTA WATERMASTER: Curtailment/Reporting Orders in the Delta; Delta Alternative Compliance Plan; Pilot Program for Water Conservation and Quality Protection in the Delta; and more …

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

February 9, 2022

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the Council on curtailment and reporting...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: I’m not that Shallow – Surprising Similarity in Zooplankton Communities Collected at Different Depths Near Wetland Restoration Sites

Maven

Delta science Ecosystems

February 4, 2022

Wetland restoration has been identified as a key management tool for increasing food availability for at-risk fishes in the San...

DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency determination for the Lookout Slough Project appealed – again

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

February 3, 2022

The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Effects of stressors on native fish communities

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Delta science Fish and wildlife

January 31, 2022

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen began a series of reports...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Sources and Sinks! What’s Going on With Mercury in Sacramento Valley Tidal Wetlands?

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

January 27, 2022

Legacy mercury contamination is problematic in California waterways due to historic gold and mercury mining. Even today, mercury from abandoned...

USGS scientists gather data to better understand nutrient loads entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

USGS

Delta science Science Water quality

January 20, 2022

California Water Science Center scientists Dina Saleh and Joseph Domagalski discuss water-quality data collected in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. By...