COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate Change Fueling More Intense Megadroughts in US West Courthouse News Service Colorado River August 16, 2020Hotter 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 Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation July 1, 2020Friends 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 Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations May 28, 2020Water 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 Maven HydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management May 20, 2020On 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 Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 1, 2020If 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, 2020Water 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, 2020By Tom Corringham, University of California, San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably...
FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation December 4, 2019In 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, 2019From 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 Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 5, 2019Secretary 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 Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law August 14, 2019Water 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, 2019by Robin Bravender, Nevada Current The Trump administration has been sidelining researchers and suppressing climate change science at the U.S....
THE CONVERSATION: Western states buy time with a 7-year Colorado River drought plan, but face a hotter, drier future The Conversation Colorado River July 10, 2019By Brad Udall, Colorado State University; Douglas Kenney, University of Colorado Boulder, and John Fleck, University of New Mexico As Midwest...
ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation May 22, 2019Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...
CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law May 8, 2019Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...
