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December 16, 2020

From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

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Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

October 21, 2020

Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate Change Fueling More Intense Megadroughts in US West

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

August 16, 2020

Hotter temperatures from climate change will likely mean the worst megadrought the region has ever seen. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse...

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

July 1, 2020

Friends of the River co-founder Mark Dubois and current Executive Director Eric Wesselman discuss the protections for California rivers and...

CA WATER COMMISSION: The 2019 State Water Project Review

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 28, 2020

Water Code section 165 requires the California Water Commission to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...

FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers

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Hydrology Notebook News and Features Planning and management

May 20, 2020

On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: The magic water wand

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 1, 2020

If you had a magic wand that could give you unlimited funding, could change any law, write any new law,...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Loss of Reflective Snowpack Causing Colorado River to Dwindle

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

February 20, 2020

Water is evaporating from the Colorado River Basin faster than rainfall can replenish it, researchers said in a study published...

THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger

The Conversation

Hydrology

January 27, 2020

By Tom Corringham, University of California, San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

Robert Shibatani

Climate change Commentary Water rights and water law

December 23, 2019

…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels...

FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

December 4, 2019

In her address to the State of the Estuary conference, Felicia Marcus spoke about the connections of the Delta to...

COURT DOCS: Operational plan for Glen Canyon Dam

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

October 2, 2019

From Courthouse News Service: Save the Colorado, et al. sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming the environmental...

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

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

September 5, 2019

Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Jeff Kightlinger, and Jennifer Pierre discuss the Delta tunnel project, the long-awaited biological opinions, SB 1, voluntary...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

August 14, 2019

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...

NEVADA CURRENT: Science sidelined at Interior, House panel told

Nevada Current

Policy and regulation

July 26, 2019

by Robin Bravender, Nevada Current The Trump administration has been sidelining researchers and suppressing climate change science at the U.S....