DWR: 25 Years After Deadly 1997 New Year’s Floods, Here’s How California is More Prepared Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management January 7, 2022By the Department of Water Resources: California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in...
USGS: Rivers in the sky: 6 facts to know about atmospheric rivers USGS Hydrology December 14, 2021By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...
FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features October 5, 2021Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Flood Risk Under Climate Change: Key Findings from the Delta Adapts Flood Risk Analysis Maven Climate changeDelta science September 30, 2021The Delta Stewardship Council, with the assistance of partner agencies and consultant AECOM, developed a climate change vulnerability assessment for...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Partnership is Key to Protect Stockton Region from Flooding Guest Contributor Commentary November 16, 2020Guest commentary by Gary Singh, Board Chair, San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency (SJAFCA) in response to this guest commentary...
GUEST COMMENTARY: The Gulf Hurricane is a Call to Action to Protect Californians from Catastrophic Floods Guest Contributor Commentary September 24, 2020Guest commentary by Mayor Michael Tubbs of Stockton and former state senator Mike Machado: 2020 has taught us that one...
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...
CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage District Feasibility Study Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management May 12, 2020Damaging floods are more common in California than you might think; over the past 60 years, every county has been...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation January 7, 2020While considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley, the vast region still faces significant...
ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation December 18, 2019DeDe D’Adamo, Karla Nemeth, and Susan Tatayon give their thoughts about going forward in the Delta in a panel discussion...
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER: Flood Flow Schedule Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS March 16, 2019From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Beginning Friday, March 15, 2019, at 1 p.m., the Bureau of Reclamation will...
THE CONVERSATION: Small streams and wetlands are key parts of river networks – here’s why they need protection The Conversation Planning and management January 30, 2019Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...
USGS: The ARkStorm scenario USGS Planning and management January 23, 2018A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Overview of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 25, 2017The update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan was adopted by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board in August...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Water Year 2016 in review; Overview of Delta levee assessment district feasibility study Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management November 16, 2016A retrospective look at water operations during Water Year 2016; plus an overview of the Delta Protection Commission’s Delta Flood...
