THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 3: Moving the Delta and the tributaries towards a sustainable future Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features February 22, 2018The Sierra Nevada plays a critical role in California’s water supply: Snowpack in the mountain provides a natural form of...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: BLM OKs Mojave Desert Water Pipeline, Reversing Obama-Era Policy Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation October 18, 2017The Trump administration has given the go-ahead for a project to siphon millions of gallons of water from an underground...
METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 11, 2016At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Court Clears Mojave Water Project’s Hurdles Courthouse News Service Planning and management May 12, 2016By Julie Baker-Dennis, Courthouse News Service A California appeals court panel cleared the way for the Cadiz Mojave Desert groundwater...
Improving adaptive management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 17, 2016Report looks at how adaptive management is perceived and used in the Delta, and how it might be applied more...
Legal panel: You Mean Just Having a Water Right Isn’t Good Enough? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater qualityWater rights and water law January 28, 2016How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Investors Question Reality of SoCal Water Pipeline Courthouse News Service Planning and management April 30, 2015By Mike Heuer, Courthouse News Service A Southern California water-resources company lied to shareholders regarding the potential of proceeding with...
The promise and pitfalls of regional planning for special status species Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation January 28, 2015Panel discusses the pros and cons of Habitat Conservation Plans and Natural Community Conservation Plans In recent years in an...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: A regulator perspective on balancing environmental and economic interests Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 20, 2014The 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s regulatory assurances discussed at the Delta Stewardship Council meeting Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features March 12, 2014At the February 27th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carl Wilcox from the Department of Fish and Wildlife gave...
SDCWA BDCP Workshop: ESA regulations, the environmental review process, and “Baselines 101” Maven Best of the NotebookDelta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 4, 2013The San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), a member agency of Metropolitan Water District, is dependent on imported water...
