THIS JUST IN … A water specialist in California, environmentalist Jonas Minton, has died Maven Website announcements June 23, 2022From Sacramento Bee: “Jonas Minton, a California water policy expert and environmentalist who maintained a high profile around the Capitol...
DWR: Groundbreaking marks largest floodplain salmon rearing habitat project in California history Department of Water Resources (DWR) Ecosystems June 23, 2022By the Department of Water Resources: Federal and state agencies broke ground today on a project that will become the...
DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: Update on Delta Conveyance Project environmental documents Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features June 23, 2022The environmental documents, due mid-summer, are about 3200 pages plus appendices In April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board...
AG ALERT: Salinas County: Landowners safeguard river but get stuck with fees Ag Alert Agriculture June 22, 2022By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau Farming in the Salinas Valley, the Salad Bowl of...
AG ALERT: Waters of the U.S. rule needs clarity, farm groups say Ag Alert Policy and regulation June 22, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson told leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency and the...
AG ALERT: Costs spike, fields go fallow in Klamath Ag Alert Agriculture June 22, 2022By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert The Klamath Basin has dealt with reduced water for decades, but this year is particularly...
AG ALERT: On-farm recharge pioneer invested in water savings Ag Alert Groundwater News June 22, 2022By Lisa McEwen, Ag Alert Don Cameron sparked curiosity in 2010 when he began a multi-phase project intended to capture...
AG ALERT: Farm, business groups call for action on water projects Ag Alert Policy and regulation June 22, 2022By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Agriculture and business groups are imploring Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to set clear...
CAL MATTERS: Tunnel vision: What’s next for the governor’s plan to replumb the Delta? Cal Matters Delta Conveyance Project June 22, 2022It’s no quick fix. The scaled-down tunnel — which would bypass the Delta and funnel more water south — still...
AG ALERT: Costs spike, fields go fallow in Klamath Ag Alert Agriculture June 22, 2022By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert The Klamath Basin has dealt with reduced water for decades, but this year is particularly...
WEBINAR RECORDING: How to read a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Maven Groundwater NewsWebinars June 22, 2022Did you know, in the San Joaquin Valley, there are 128 Groundwater Sustainability Plans? Are you wondering: What’s a Groundwater...
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Quarterly Meeting on the 2021 Reconsultation of the Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations June 22, 2022For the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act, the Bureau...
FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 21, 2022Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water...
ACWA CONFERENCE: The tale of curtailments: Legal and operational responses to the ongoing drought Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 16, 2022Panel discusses temporary urgency change petitions, transfers, and drought litigation As California enters the second year of dry conditions, many...
AG ALERT: Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture Ag Alert Agriculture June 15, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California toils through a third consecutive drought year, many Sacramento Valley farmers, well known...