tribal water issues – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past

May 24, 2022 1267

Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...

WEBINAR RECORDING: Office Hours: Tribal engagement DWR’s Tribal Water Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez

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Webinars

April 13, 2022 109

Anecita Agustinez has served as the tribal policy advisor for the Department of Water Resources since August 2013. Agustinez has...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: How tribal partnerships can help attain national conservation goals

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Best of the Notebook

November 23, 2021 189

“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Beyond Acknowledgements, It’s Time We Act on Learning and Teaching Indigenous Knowledge

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Guest contributors

March 30, 2021 248

Commentary written by Puanani Faleofa Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Water and Land Protector We need more water and land protectors....

What is Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)?

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Event coverage

February 17, 2021 575

Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) is an initiative led by the Department of Water Resources that seeks to support collaborative...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

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Best of the Notebook

December 16, 2020 332

From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...

PUBLICATION: Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water

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Other Announcements

June 5, 2020 265

Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society is a journal that ‘seeks to explore the relationships between knowledges and tears down the...

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam

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Best of the Notebook

April 8, 2020 1733

One of the long-running controversies in California water is the effort to raise Shasta Dam, a dam on the Sacramento...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Delta Conveyance update; Tribal engagement in the Delta Conveyance process

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Meetings

February 27, 2020 566

At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners heard an update on the Delta conveyance project, and a...

ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water

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Best of the Notebook

January 14, 2020 1487

This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension?

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Best of the Notebook

May 15, 2019 1371

Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indian Water Settlements, the Media and the Future of Western Rivers

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Guest contributors

June 7, 2018 382

“I believe historians will look back at the current Water Settlement Era as the second big rip-off of the Indigenous...

California Water Commission hears an update on the Department of Water Resources Tribal Consultation Program

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Meetings

March 12, 2014 236

The relationship between Native Americans and the federal government is a distinctive political one that has been set forth in...

THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past

WEBINAR RECORDING: Office Hours: Tribal engagement DWR’s Tribal Water Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: How tribal partnerships can help attain national conservation goals

GUEST COMMENTARY: Beyond Acknowledgements, It’s Time We Act on Learning and Teaching Indigenous Knowledge

What is Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)?

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

PUBLICATION: Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam

CA WATER COMMISSION: Delta Conveyance update; Tribal engagement in the Delta Conveyance process

ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension?

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indian Water Settlements, the Media and the Future of Western Rivers

California Water Commission hears an update on the Department of Water Resources Tribal Consultation Program

THIS JUST IN … A water specialist in California, environmentalist Jonas Minton, has died

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Update on Delta Conveyance Project environmental documents

WEBINAR RECORDING: How to read a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Quarterly Meeting on the 2021 Reconsultation of the Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP

FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association

NOTICE of Availability of Revised Draft Initial Biological Goals for Lower San Joaquin River and Notice of Workshop

Announcement: Water Now’s Project Accelerator applications are open!

REGISTER NOW for the 7th Annual CA Water Data Summit: Data 2.0: From Dreams to Discovery

NOTICE: Upcoming Army Corps Regulatory Project Workshop -Endangered Species Act Consultation, Section 408/404 Integration, and Indirect Effects

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Two Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Open Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, One Focused on Indian Tribes

NOTICE: June 21 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

NOW AVAILABLE: DISB Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation Related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

NOTICE: Army Corps of Engineers releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Salton Sea Management Program 10-Year Plan

BULLETIN 74 UPDATE: California Well Standards: DWR Concludes TAC Focus Groups, Updates Project Timeline

PUBLIC NOTICE of Permit Application, North Delta Drought Salinity Barriers

Announcement: Water Now’s Project Accelerator applications are open!

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Two Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Open Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, One Focused on Indian Tribes

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: $193 Million in Grant Funding Now Available for Water Infrastructure and Resilience Projects

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Sierra Nevada Conservancy announces $23 million forest and fire restoration grant program

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: New water saving technology could make difference in farm profitability; Sac County supports bill to clean up abandoned boats; Delta bridges; Saudi water deal threatening water supply in Phoenix; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: New Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program is already oversubscribed; California’s water market; Assemblyman Gray, others call on state to do better with water; IID implements court-sanctioned water distribution plan for ag and cities; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: What’s next for the plan to replumb the Delta?; Flow Deal: Peace treaty or Trojan Horse?; Lawsuit filed against $2.5B Pacheco Dam; Californians finally climbed on water conservation wagon in May; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/21: Lake Oroville hits peak at just over half full; Moving levees to benefit rivers, wildlife and communities; Skies are sucking more water from the land; What the future of almonds looks like in a dry CA; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/20: Thousands of baby salmon get a big lift on trip to the San Francisco Bay; What La Niña means for California’s summer; Pure Water Soquel embraces one water approach; As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 19-24: Delta tunnel project, biops, voluntary agreements, future of almonds, Pacheco Dam lawsuit, and more California water news of the week