CDFW NEWS: Improved passage lets threatened sturgeon, salmon and other species return to spawn in Sacramento River Department of Fish and Wildlife Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 7, 2023Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food Maven Delta scienceScience June 7, 2023The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...
CDFW NEWS: New CDFW Policy Recognizes Ecological Value of Beavers in California Department of Fish and Wildlife Ecosystems June 6, 2023From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has implemented a new policy...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law June 5, 2023A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Klamath Irrigation District in its attempt to move a dispute over the allocation...
STANFORD NEWS: How Sierra Nevada snowpack confounds Central Valley groundwater readings Stanford University Groundwater News June 5, 2023By Adam Hadhazy Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains can cause parts of the Central...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for June 1 Robert Shibatani Current Conditions June 2, 2023Written by Robert Shibatani This past month has seen the much-anticipated ablation of this year’s record-breaking snowpack. The big resulting...
NOTICE of availability of a draft order denying petitions for reconsideration of SWRCB approval of the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Mangement Plan State Water Board Water project operations June 2, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is accepting written public comments on a...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: What San Diego’s Water Divorce Might Cost You Voice of San Diego Planning and management June 2, 2023Two small North County farming communities want to stop purchasing water in San Diego and leave the San Diego County...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: State Legislature Steps Into San Diego’s Water Divorce Debate Voice of San Diego Planning and management June 2, 2023If passed, AB 530 would require a countywide vote before any water district could buy water from a different county....
DWR News: DWR Uses Genetic Technology to Help Identify Endangered Fish Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations June 1, 2023From DWR News: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is using the latest genetic technologies to more accurately identify endangered...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: West False River Salinity Barrier Project Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations June 1, 2023The Department of Water Resources is working on a final EIR to install the barrier two times over ten years...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sturgeon Arose During the Jurassic—Can They Survive the Anthropocene? Robin Meadows Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features May 31, 2023Written by Robin Meadows Sturgeon have been around far longer than humans—a jaw-dropping 200 million years to our comparatively short...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: California Snowlines On Track To Be 1,600 Feet Higher by Century’s End Desert Research Institute Hydrology May 31, 2023DRI contributes to research concluding lower-elevation ski resorts could lose more than 70 percent of their natural snow supply By...
CAL MATTERS: State asked to stop diverting iconic Mono Lake’s water to Los Angeles Cal Matters Water rights and water law May 30, 2023By Alistair Bland, CalMatters As trickling snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada slowly raises Mono Lake — famed for its bird...
SJV WATER: Westlands Water District lets bounty of flood water flow to the ocean instead of maximizing groundwater recharge SJV Water Groundwater News May 30, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Groundwater recharge – or the lack of it – was a driving force behind the...
