Author Maven

Environmental Data Summit: Accessing information that informs decision making

Maven

Delta science

December 17, 2014

Data, believe it or not, are critical in our lives and influence a broad range of decisions from personal through...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 3: Panel discussion on options for moving forward

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 17, 2014

Groundwater adjudications, notoriously expensive and time consuming, emerged as an issue during the development and ultimate passage of the Sustainable...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 2: Case Study on the Antelope Valley Adjudication

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 16, 2014

The Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication case is the current poster child for how painfully long and expensive groundwater adjudications can...

Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 1: Justice Robie with an overview on how groundwater disputes are resolved in California

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 15, 2014

In August of this year, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requiring local officials for the first time...

Delta Stewardship Council, November meeting wrap-up: Delta Levee Investment Strategy and other meeting notes

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 11, 2014

Coverage of the Delta Stewardship Council’s November meeting wraps up today with the Delta Levee Investment Strategy Monthly Update, and...

Winter Season Preview: Is the Delta ready?

Maven

Current Conditions

December 10, 2014

A ‘monster’ storm is bearing down on Northern California, the likes of which we’ve not seen in years, reports say. ...

HR 5781, The California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, likely to be voted on this morning

Maven

Policy and regulation

December 9, 2014

The House will begin it’s legislative business at 9:00 am PST /12:00 pm EST for legislative business. A vote is...

Delta Protection Commission hears about the Delta Levee Investment Strategy and DWR’s Drought Contingency Plan

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 9, 2014

At the November meeting of the Delta Protection Commission, Cindy Messer from the Delta Stewardship Council gave a presentation on...

2014-15 Winter Season Outlook

Maven

Current ConditionsNotebook News and Features

December 8, 2014

When it comes to the upcoming winter season, there are many questions.  Will it be wet or dry?  What about...

The House Rules Committee debates HR 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

December 7, 2014

The only debate on HR 5781 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 apparently was in the House Rules Committee...

Saturday special: Federal drought legislation update: Environmental Water Caucus, Latino Water Coalition write letters; Obama threatens veto

Maven

Policy and regulation

December 6, 2014

On Tuesday, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, introduced new federal drought legislation, HR 5781, as a last-ditch effort to get federal...

2014 Water Year in Review, Part 3: Groundwater, Delta smelt, and Sacramento’s response to the drought

Maven

Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

December 5, 2014

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how...

Reactions: C-WIN, Golden Gate Salmon Association, and Restore the Delta react to federal drought legislation …

Maven

Policy and regulation

December 4, 2014

From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): House “Drought Relief” Guts Environmental Protections, Does Not Mitigate Drought – Legislation Would...

2014 Water Year in Review, part 2: Urban water conservation, agricultural impacts, water transfers

Maven

Agriculture

December 3, 2014

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how...

Chris Enright: Direct and Indirect Effects of Large-Scale Restoration and Implications for Science and Management

Maven

Delta scienceEcosystems

December 3, 2014

Chris Enright began by saying that the title was quite a large topic, so he would be concentrating on physical...