AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds

Ag Alert

Fish and wildlife

January 19, 2022

By Edgar Sanchez, Ag Alert Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on the Sutter County farm...

THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Additional Groundwater Sustainability Plan Assessments to Agencies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 13, 2022

From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released two additional determinations on groundwater...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Years in their Ears: What can Fish Earbones Tell Us About Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Success in an Increasingly Volatile Climate?

Maven

Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlife

January 13, 2022

Dr. Flora Cordoleani is a project scientist with UC Santa Cruz and NOAA fisheries, where she conducts research to understand...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Draft white paper includes preliminary findings, next steps on safeguards for groundwater trading programs

CA Water Commission

Policy and regulationReports

January 13, 2022

From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing how to shape well-managed groundwater trading programs...

CCST BRIEFING: Drought in the Delta

Maven

Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems

January 12, 2022

What are the cascading, overlapping, and compounding events caused by drought in the Delta?  In early December, the California Council...

STATELINE: California’s Drought Reckoning Could Offer Lessons for the West

Stateline

Planning and management

January 11, 2022

by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline The golden hills of California have turned green in recent weeks after a series of storms...

THIS JUST IN … State Agencies Detail Progress Implementing Water Resilience Portfolio

CA Natural Resources Agency

Policy and regulationReports

January 11, 2022

From the California Natural Resources Agency: A new report (below) released today conveys significant progress made in the past 18...

FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water

Robin Meadows

Colorado RiverHydrologyNotebook News and Features

January 11, 2022

The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...

DWR: 25 Years After Deadly 1997 New Year’s Floods, Here’s How California is More Prepared

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

January 7, 2022

By the Department of Water Resources: California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Applying the winter-run life cycle model to pressing hydromanagement questions in the Central Valley

Maven

Delta scienceFish and wildlife

January 6, 2022

Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on...

COMMENTARY: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path

Ag Alert

CommentaryPlanning and management

January 5, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...

USBR: For the first time, hatchery-raised Delta smelt released into the wild to help prevent species extinction

Bureau of Reclamation News

Fish and wildlife

January 5, 2022

Experimental release paves the way for multiyear supplementation program By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Federal and state agencies...

CAL MATTERS: No, California’s drought isn’t over. Here’s why.

Cal Matters

Current ConditionsPolicy and regulation

January 5, 2022

California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features

January 5, 2022

As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...

AG ALERT: FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations

Ag Alert

AgricultureWater quality

January 5, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...