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CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage District Feasibility Study

May 12, 2020

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Damaging floods are more common in California than you might think; over the past 60 years, every county has been declared a state or federal flood disaster area multiple times. Central Valley levees have fail... Read More...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Headwaters to Floodplains initiative

Maven

February 13, 2020

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Recently, the Department of Water Resources, Office of Floodplain Management launched a new safety initiative called Headwaters to Floodplains which applies an integrated regional watershed management approach ... Read More...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan

Maven

January 7, 2020

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A drone view of floodwaters from the Sacramento River overtopping the Tisdale Weir in Sutter County, California. March 1, 2019.Photo by Florence Low / DWR While considerable progress has been made to improv... Read More...

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER: Flood Flow Schedule

Maven

March 16, 2019

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From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Beginning Friday, March 15, 2019, at 1 p.m., the Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing Flood Flows from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River in anticipatio... Read More...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Easements: A tool for preserving resources we value, or a straight-jacket that will limit our ability to adapt to a changing world? A study from Paradise Cut

Maven

March 13, 2018

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A conflict over easements complicate progress on a badly needed flood bypass for the San Joaquin The Paradise Cut Bypass Expansion Project is a multi-benefit project that would reduce flood risk and improve ha... Read More...

Overview of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan 2017 update

Maven

August 11, 2016

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Staff from Central Valley Flood Protection Board and DWR brief the Delta Stewardship Council on the update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board to prepare for upcoming joint meeting The Delta Reform Ac... Read More...

Building resilient landscapes into flood protection and infrastructure projects

Maven

February 25, 2016

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Integrated approaches are the great challenge, but also the best hope In the Bay Area, preparing for climate change impacts is one of several drivers leading flood protection agencies to pursue nature-based fl... Read More...

Flood management oversight hearing, part 2: The Who, What, Where & Why of Flood Control in the Central Valley

Maven

March 11, 2015

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The Sacramento River at Fremont Weir, March 2011 Legislators hear from the multiple agencies and organizations with flood management responsibilities in the Central Valley In the Central Valley, there are 16... Read More...

Flood management oversight hearing, part 1: Addressing California’s growing flood risk

Maven

March 10, 2015

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The Sacramento River, March of 2011 With 7 million Californians and $600 billion in assets at risk, Assembly oversight hearing examines the state's liability for flood damages and the annual $1 billion inves... Read More...

Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities

Maven

February 18, 2015

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Flooding in the Yolo Bypass, March of 2011 Symposium focuses on how to integrate agriculture, wildlife, and public access on the managed floodplain In between Sacramento and Davis lies the Yolo Bypass, a nar... Read More...

Winter Season Preview: Is the Delta ready?

Maven

December 10, 2014

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Click here for more from the Delta Stewardship Council. A 'monster' storm is bearing down on Northern California, the likes of which we've not seen in years, reports say. And while the rain is welcome and ... Read More...

Updates from the Delta Regional Forum, part 2: The Delta Regional Monitoring Program, Water Diversion Reporting, IRWM and Flood Futures Report

Maven

September 24, 2013

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On September 19, the Department of Water Resources held a Delta regional forum as part of the update to the California Water Plan. Part of the forum was dedicated to updates on some of the relevant planning pr... Read More...

Updates from the Delta Regional Forum, part 1: The Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, and the Delta Plan

Maven

September 23, 2013

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Click here for more from the Delta Stewardship Council. On September 19, the Department of Water Resources held a Delta regional forum as part of the update to the California Water Plan. Part of the forum ... Read More...

Tim Washburn on the history and future of Sacramento’s flood control system

Maven

March 28, 2013

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On March 11th, 2013, the California Water Policy Seminar Series at UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences continued, hosting Tim Washburn, the Director of Planning for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. ... Read More...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Towards multi-functional resilient landscapes: environmental heterogeneity as a bridge among diverse ecosystem services

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

FEATURE: Water rights 101

CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage District Feasibility Study

CA WATER COMMISSION: Headwaters to Floodplains initiative

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER: Flood Flow Schedule

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Easements: A tool for preserving resources we value, or a straight-jacket that will limit our ability to adapt to a changing world? A study from Paradise Cut

Overview of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan 2017 update

Building resilient landscapes into flood protection and infrastructure projects

Flood management oversight hearing, part 2: The Who, What, Where & Why of Flood Control in the Central Valley

Flood management oversight hearing, part 1: Addressing California’s growing flood risk

Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities

Winter Season Preview: Is the Delta ready?

Updates from the Delta Regional Forum, part 2: The Delta Regional Monitoring Program, Water Diversion Reporting, IRWM and Flood Futures Report

Updates from the Delta Regional Forum, part 1: The Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, and the Delta Plan

Tim Washburn on the history and future of Sacramento’s flood control system

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