DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta food web

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Best of the NotebookDelta science

January 14, 2021

The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed...

SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

January 13, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...

DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure

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Climate changeNotebook News and Features

January 12, 2021

Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future is the Delta Stewardship Council’s effort to conduct the first-ever climate change vulnerability...

BERKELEY LAB: Impacts of climate change on our water and energy systems: it’s complicated

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Climate change

January 11, 2021

A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara propose a framework for evaluating climate change...

STATE BUDGET: Governor Newsom submits budget proposal with funding included for wildfire and forest resilience, sustainable groundwater management, habitat restoration, and flood management

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Policy and regulation

January 8, 2021

Governor Gavin Newsom today submitted his 2021-22 State Budget proposal to the Legislature totaling $227.2 billion. Here are some of...

CV-SALTS: Salt Control Program Notice to Comply letters sent to dischargers in the Central Valley

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Policy and regulation

January 8, 2021

From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: On January 5, 2021, Notice to Comply letters for the Salt Control Program...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources

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Climate changeDelta science

January 7, 2021

Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at...

AG ALERT: Water-quality monitoring focuses on prevention

Ag Alert

Water quality

January 6, 2021

By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert California Department of Pesticide Regulation scientists say they are shifting their water-quality efforts toward preventing...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Determining the public benefits of conveyance projects

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

January 6, 2021

The California Water Commission is in the process of assessing the state’s role in financing commands projects that could help...

CA FISH AND WILDLIFE JOURNAL: Effects of Fire on California’s Natural Resources

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EcosystemsWildfires and watersheds

January 6, 2021

The California Fish and Wildlife Journal concludes the 2020 Special Issue installments with the winter quarter’s Special Wildland Fire Issue....

DELTA AGENCY UPDATES: Carbon capture in the Delta is up; Recreation in the Delta, not so much …

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

January 5, 2021

The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for January 1st

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Current Conditions

January 4, 2021

Prepared for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani Federal and State reservoirs in California have lost about 132,000 AF since the...

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Website announcements

January 1, 2021

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book...

THIS JUST IN … Late December storms not enough to offset California’s dry fall

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

December 30, 2020

Statewide, snowpack is just 52% of average for this date From the Department of Water Resources:   The Department of...

It’s not too late to support Maven’s Notebook – and get a tax deduction for 2020!

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Website announcements

December 28, 2020

Dear readers, As part of the California water community, you know Maven’s Notebook and the California Water Library are all...