Coalition Releases Comprehensive Recommendations to Help California’s Cities, Farms and Environment Weather the Drought Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation November 17, 2014From the Natural Resources Defense Council: As dreams of a wet, El Niño winter fade and California heads into a...
Water Marketing, Groundwater Banking & Drought Management in California Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation November 17, 2014The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought...
Felicia Marcus: California Water: Where We Are, and Where We Ought to Go Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater quality November 5, 2014Each year, the Environmental Law Section of the California State Bar holds their annual conference at the Tenaya Lodge at...
Dr. David Sunding and Josue Medellin-Azuara on the economics of drought Maven AgricultureNotebook News and Features October 31, 2014At the San Gabriel Valley Water Forum held at the beginning of October in Pomona, Dr. David Sunding gave a...
The Connections, Resiliency, and Management of Flows in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceScience October 29, 2014At the end of September, the Friends of the San Francisco Estuary held a conference titled “Bay + Delta +...
California Water Commission hears an update on DWR’s activities to address the drought Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 27, 2014At the October meeting of the California Water Commission, Department of Water Resources Drought Manager Bill Croyle updated the Commission...
Director Chuck Bonham on the response of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to the exceptional drought conditions Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features October 22, 2014At the October meeting of the California Water Commission, Chuck Bonham, Director of the Calfiornia Department of Fish and Wildlife,...
California’s drought: A result of natural hydrologic variability, climate change, or both? Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features October 13, 2014With exceptionally dry conditions continuing with really no end in sight, drought was the main topic at the San Gabriel...
A brief report from the State Water Board’s workshop on Central and Southern Delta Water Availability and Use Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations October 7, 2014Cody Phillips, a legal intern with the Delta Stewardship Council, attended the September 24th workshop at the State Water Board,...
Retiring Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson gives his last report to the Delta Protection Commission Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law October 7, 2014On September 25th, the Delta Protection Commission met in Discovery Bay. On the agenda, an update from retiring Delta Watermaster...
State Water Board issues final order on the reconsideration of Delta Temporary Urgency Change Petitions (TUCPs) Maven Policy and regulation October 6, 2014The State Water Resources Control Board has issued the final order adopted by the Board on September 24, 2014, denying...
Wildfire and droughts in Sierra Nevada forests Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWildfires and watersheds September 10, 2014With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health of...
Brown Bag Seminar: Climate, drought, and change Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features September 8, 2014California is one of a handful of Mediterranean climates in the world, characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, wet...
Sea Change Radio transcript: Parched: Peter Gleick on California’s drought Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 4, 2014On September 2nd, Dr. Peter Gleick was a guest on Sea Change Radio to discuss the drought. Here’s what he...
This just in … State Water Board issues draft order denying petitions for reconsideration of the order granting Temporary Urgency Change Petitions to the State Water Project & Central Valley Project State Water Board Current Conditions September 3, 2014The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has issued a draft order denying the petitions for reconsideration of...