PRESS RELEASE: Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program advances before the State Water Board State Water Contractors Policy and regulation August 16, 2024From the State Water Contractors: Today, DWR, Reclamation and public water agencies participating in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program...
FEATURE: From litigation to collaboration: How environmentalists and water agencies went from fighting over fish to helping them Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookScienceWater project operations July 15, 2024By Robin Meadows A decade ago, California fish advocates and water suppliers seldom crossed paths except as entrenched opponents in...
PRESS RELEASE: Fishermen, Tribal members, and residents ask California Water Board to support science-based water plan, deny Voluntary Agreements Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation April 26, 2024Press release from Save California Salmon, the California Indian Water Commission, and the Golden State Salmon Association: A coalition of...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Gov. Newsom is accelerating California’s extinction crisis San Francisco Baykeeper CommentaryPolicy and regulation January 24, 2024By Jon Rosenfield, PhD, SF Baykeeper science director; and Eric Buescher, SF Baykeeper managing attorney California is at the forefront...
AG ALERT: Farmers, water districts to weigh in on flows plan Ag Alert Policy and regulation December 20, 2023By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are working on an updated plan to improve conditions for declining fish...
DELTA WATERMASTER: Investigation of alleged illegal Delta diversions concludes; Delta Dry-year Response Pilot Program in place for another year; Voluntary agreements and the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 13, 2022At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George’s update included the completion of an investigation...
AG ALERT: Newsom warns of water woes as Delta debate roils Ag Alert Planning and management August 17, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Gov. Gavin Newsom sounded an alarm last week as he announced a strategy to capture...
FIVE QUESTIONS: Jon Rosenfield, Senior Scientist at the Baykeeper and longtime Delta scientist Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectEcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 19, 2022After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...
ESTUARY NEWS: Reorienting to Salmon Recovery Estuary News Group Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 13, 2022by Alastair Bland, Estuary News Group The days when salmon and steelhead teemed in California’s coastal watersheds faded away last...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Voluntary agreements: Are the promises enough or is it just a signpost on the way to more litigation? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 27, 2022Attorneys Richard Roos-Collins, Doug Obegi, Jennifer Buckman, and Peter Prows discuss the pros and cons of the voluntary agreements Voluntary...
AG ALERT: Water plan announced for habitat, farms Ag Alert Policy and regulation April 6, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A $2.6 billion plan to improve water quality for salmon and native fish in the...
DAN WALTERS: California water war peace treaty? Not quite Cal Matters CommentaryPlanning and management April 4, 2022Gov. Gavin Newsom claims progress on settling California’s decades-long conflict over water allocation but it’s a partial deal at best...
THIS JUST IN … State, Federal Agencies Announce Agreement with Local Water Suppliers to Improve the Health of Rivers and Landscapes CA Natural Resources Agency Policy and regulation March 29, 2022MOU a Key Step in Years-Long Effort to Help Recover Salmon While Protecting Water Reliability From the California Natural Resources...
MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on interim operations plan for SWP/CVP, voluntary agreements Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations December 1, 2021At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications...
Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 30, 2020Delta stakeholder group provides history of Delta water quality planning and expresses their concerns over the voluntary agreements In mid-April...
