CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation June 26, 2019On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Monitoring and Managing Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Tidal Marshes in the San Francisco Estuary Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features February 28, 2019Once not all that long ago, the prevailing thought was that if tidal marsh remnants were protected and carefully managed,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 21, 2019The permitting of tidal restoration projects is most often a costly and time-consuming process, causing substantial delays in implementation while...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration Planning for the Sacramento –San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh: Considering the Implications of Climate Change Maven Delta scienceEcosystems January 31, 2019The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Emergent groundwater and sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area: the silent and largely unknown underground threat Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 8, 2018The threats that sea level rise poses to coastal development from direct inundation are better understood than the threats due...
DR. JEFF MOUNT: Making groundwater a centerpiece of managing the droughts of the future Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 24, 2018Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount...
GUEST COMMENTARY: A vision of California with 2 meters of sea level rise Guest Contributor Climate changeCommentary October 18, 2016Website project seeks to help people think different about life in a climate changed world Written by David Zetland: Most...
Climate change and the potential effects on water operations Maven Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and FeaturesWater project operations June 16, 2016PCWA’s Andy Fecko looks at what projections for sea level rise and warming temperatures could potentially mean for water operations...
Building resilient landscapes into flood protection and infrastructure projects Maven Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features February 25, 2016Integrated approaches are the great challenge, but also the best hope In the Bay Area, preparing for climate change impacts...
Adapting to sea level rise and climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area: What can we do? Maven Climate changeNotebook News and FeaturesScience July 31, 2015Dr. Letitia Grenier and Jeremy Lowe discuss current projects underway to address adapting the San Francisco Bay’s shoreline for sea...
Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 29, 2015Dr. Jim Morris on the mechanisms of how tidal marshes keep pace with sea level rise, and Dr. John Callaway...
Projecting inundation in the San Francisco Bay: Sea level and tides Maven Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features July 28, 2015UC Berkeley’s Dr. Mark Stacey with the latest research on the impacts of sea level rise on the Bay Area...
Panel discussion: The impacts of climate change on water resources Maven Climate changeHydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation March 25, 2015Peter Gleick, Noah Diffenbaugh, Wade Crowfoot, and Solomon Hsiang discuss the current drought and climate change, focusing on water resources,...
