Watershed management Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought

September 4, 2024

By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...

PRESS RELEASE: California Trout and partners release groundbreaking report to guide holistic Eel River watershed restoration and recovery

Cal Trout

Ecosystems

July 1, 2024

The Eel River Watershed Restoration and Conservation Plan outlines a collaborative and comprehensive path for recovery Press release from Cal...

DWR NEWS: First-of-its-kind watershed study highlights how innovative tools help build climate resilience in the San Joaquin Valley

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

April 19, 2024

By DWR News California’s changing climate brings new challenges each year for water managers as they navigate extreme shifts from...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Keeping water in climate-changed headwaters longer

Maven

Climate change Delta science Science

March 19, 2024

Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions....

FEATURE: Rethinking water management in California: how to benefit people and wildlife

Robin Meadows

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

October 9, 2023

By Robin Meadows A new strategy could help California water managers meet the needs of people as well as the...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Climate Change is Already Impacting Stream Flows Across the U.S.

Desert Research Institute

Climate change

April 25, 2023

DRI researchers examined more than 500 watersheds across the country and found that increased winter temperatures are driving more extreme...

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL: Helping Property Owners Manage Their Streams

Earth Island Journal

Planning and management

August 1, 2022

California Urban Streams Partnership shows Contra Costa County homeowners how to be stewards of their watersheds. By Jessica Hall, Earth...

NCWA ANNUAL MEETING: Secretary Crowfoot and Cal EPA’s Kristin Peer discuss ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth Water Management’

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 17, 2021

The Northern California Water Association Annual Meeting was held on March 5, 2021. The theme was ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth...

AG ALERT: Range managers employ beavers, benefiting forage

Ag Alert

Ecosystems

March 10, 2021

By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert A century and a half after their ranks were decimated to make coats and hats...

GUEST ARTICLE: Why the Sacramento region’s watershed is ‘super,’ and a buffer against climate change

Guest Contributor

Climate change Commentary

March 8, 2021

Guest article written by Jeff Harris, a council member for the city of Sacramento and Bruce Houdesheldt, vice mayor of...

WATER COMMISSION: Merced River Watershed Flood MAR Study

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 19, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning has often referred to Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge (or Flood MAR)...

Forest management and urban forestry

Maven

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and...