Climate change Archives ~ Page 12 of 13 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

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

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....

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, 2019

By Brad Udall, Colorado State University; Douglas Kenney, University of Colorado Boulder, and John Fleck, University of New Mexico As Midwest...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

June 26, 2019

On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

May 22, 2019

Climate 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

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

May 8, 2019

Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...

DR. BRAD UDALL: Is the Colorado River in Crisis?

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Climate change Colorado River Notebook News and Features

February 20, 2019

Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration Planning for the Sacramento –San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: Considering the Implications of Climate Change

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Delta science Ecosystems

January 31, 2019

The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: New Climate Change Data Tools Available

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Climate change Groundwater News

December 18, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: Three, new climate change tools are now available on the...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Making groundwater a centerpiece of managing the droughts of the future

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 24, 2018

Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount...

DR. BRUCE HERBOLD: Hydrographs and Ecological Functions in the Present-day Landscape of the Sacramento River

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Delta science Ecosystems

July 16, 2017

Dr. Bruce Herbold, Estuarine Ecology consultant, now retired from USEPA, began by saying he would be focusing on the Sacramento...

Reaction to the State’s resiliency strategy for Sacramento Valley salmon and steelhead

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Fish and wildlife Planning and management

June 5, 2017

State Resiliency Strategies Show Significant Promise to Improve Conditions for Fish in California Innovative and Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Improve...