CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter for November 20 Maven Delta Conveyance Project November 21, 2017From the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Resources Control Board: “The ruling contained herein addresses a...
New PPIC Report: A New Approach to Accounting for Environmental Water: Insights from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Maven Planning and management November 14, 2017From the PPIC Water Center: How water is apportioned to California’s cities, farms, and the environment can lead to conflict...
ANNOUNCEMENT: California Water Fix Ruling Letter, November 8th Maven Delta Conveyance Project November 9, 2017From the State Water Resources Control Board’s Cal Water Fix hearing team: This ruling addresses questions raised by parties during...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Overview of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the San Francisco Estuary Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management November 1, 2017Otherwise known as the Estuary Blueprint, the plan has 32 actions designed to improve water quality and promote estuarine health...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Won’t Help Fund California’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Project Courthouse News Service Delta Conveyance Project October 25, 2017Support for California’s contentious $17 billion water project continued to fade Wednesday after the Trump administration said federal money will...
Fish Restoration Program issues update on nine Delta restoration projects Guest Contributor Ecosystems October 11, 2017From the Fish Restoration Program: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board posts materials related to the Phase II Update of the Bay-Delta Plan State Water Board Policy and regulation October 4, 2017From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board has posted several documents on its website...
SCIENCE JOURNAL: Winter-run Chinook salmon, GHG reductions and economics in the Delta, and landscape-scale restoration highlighted in latest issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Maven Delta science October 2, 2017The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. Research highlighted in this month’s...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The Delta Conservation Framework: Looking ahead at restoration to 2050 Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation September 12, 2017Document attempts to chart a course for long-term restoration beyond EcoRestore The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), the predecessor to...
CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: The Delta’s history and ecology take center stage Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features September 6, 2017Dr. Bruce Herbold, Robin Grossinger, and Hap Dunning among the panelists on hand to discuss the Delta’s historic ecology, the...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board sets date to start Part 2 of California Water Fix hearings; issues ruling letter State Water Board Delta Conveyance Project August 31, 2017PART 2 of the hearing will resume at 9:30 a.m. on January 18, 2018 From the California Water Fix Hearing...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Defining “Delta as a Place” Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation August 17, 2017The Delta Independent Science Board tackles the elusive ‘Delta as an Evolving Place’, plus updates on the activities of the...
THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL FUNCTIONAL FLOWS TO THE DELTA Maven Delta science July 16, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
DR. BRUCE HERBOLD: Hydrographs and Ecological Functions in the Present-day Landscape of the Sacramento River Maven Delta scienceEcosystems July 16, 2017Dr. Bruce Herbold, Estuarine Ecology consultant, now retired from USEPA, began by saying he would be focusing on the Sacramento...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Examining the science supporting the proposed Delta conveyance amendment Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management June 7, 2017Science panel weighs in on the proposed Delta Plan amendment addressing conveyance, storage, and operations At the May meeting of...
