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    YOSEMITE LAW CONFERENCE: Take me to the river: Evolving frameworks for environmental flows

    Maven
    Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    March 24, 2021
    Integrating consumptive use with environmental flows is a core challenge for water management. Regulatory methods for protecting instream flows have...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Pipe Dream: Feds Sued Over Desert Water Pipeline OK’d by Trump

    Courthouse News Service
    Water rights and water law
    March 23, 2021
    The project would repurpose an existing gas and oil pipeline to pump water to municipalities across Southern California. By Nathan...

    THIS JUST IN … State Water Project and Central Valley Project allocations updated (and the news is not good)

    Maven
    Current Conditions
    March 23, 2021
    State Water Project allocation drops to 5%; CVP South of Delta 5% not available for delivery until further notice. DWR...

    SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE JOURNAL: Delta smelt population dynamics models; Delta smelt entrainment; Detecting juvenile chinook salmon; and more …

    Maven
    Delta science
    March 18, 2021
    In this issue: RESEARCHStatistical Evaluation of Behavior and Population Dynamic Models Predicting Movement and Proportional Entrainment Loss of Adult Delta...

    AG ALERT: Use of rice fields as salmon habitat shows promise

    Ag Alert
    Ecosystems
    March 17, 2021
    By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Salmon reared in rice fields grow faster and larger than those from a hatchery and...

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

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy 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...

    COMMENTARY: Dry year intensifies focus on California groundwater

    Ag Alert
    CommentaryCurrent ConditionsGroundwater News
    March 17, 2021
    By Danny Merkley, California Farm Bureau Federation Each March, those of us involved in water policy commemorate National Groundwater Awareness...

    WEBINAR: Water Wars! What are they good for?

    Maven
    Policy and regulationWebinars
    March 16, 2021
    A week doesn’t go by without someone saying there are water wars underway or about to kick off in California....

    CAL MATTERS: Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water

    Cal Matters
    Policy and regulation
    March 15, 2021
    Huge gaps exist in scientific knowledge, but California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in...

    UC DAVIS: When ‘Eradicated’ Species Bounce Back With a Vengeance

    UC Davis
    Science
    March 15, 2021
    Lessons From a Failed Experiment Mark New Way Forward By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis ome invasive species targeted for total...

    GUEST ARTICLE: Wicked Is a Special Kind of Problem: What It Is and What to Do about It

    Lisa Beutler
    Commentary
    March 15, 2021
    This guest article was written by Lisa Beutler, Executive Facilitator at Stantec, and first appeared in the January 2021 issue...

    THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Draft California’s Groundwater – Update 2020, Seeks Public Comment

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Groundwater News
    March 11, 2021
    From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the draft California’s Groundwater – Update...

    CA IRRIGATION INSTITUTE CONFERENCE: Urban and Agricultural Water Use in California, 1960 – 2015

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management
    March 11, 2021
    Water managers forecast future water demand for a variety of purposes, including planning future water purchases or building new infrastructure....

    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...

    DELTA WATERMASTER UPDATE: Preparing for a dry year in the Delta; Addressing problems in the South Delta

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management
    March 10, 2021
    At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the councilmembers on the efforts underway...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 11/9: Monstrous El Niño has arrived; Crews finish new $307M outlet tunnel at Anderson Dam; This El Niño could test the limits of the Los Angeles River; Super El Niño may bring more problems than relief to Colorado River Basin; and more …

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