SCIENCE IN SHORT PODCAST: How fish interact with wetland topography

Maven

EcosystemsScience Podcasts

September 27, 2020

Click here to check out the new Delta Science page on the Notebook  Maven’s Notebook · SCIENCE IN SHORT:...

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Gulf Hurricane is a Call to Action to Protect Californians from Catastrophic Floods

Guest Contributor

Commentary

September 24, 2020

Guest commentary by Mayor Michael Tubbs of Stockton and former state senator Mike Machado: 2020 has taught us that one...

GUEST COMMENTARY: From “Wicked” to “Complex”: A New Lead Scientist’s Outlook on Growing Our Understanding of Delta Science

Dr. Laurel Larsen

CommentaryDelta science

September 23, 2020

By Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen “My first exposure to the story of water in California came through a...

MET COMMITTEE: Collaboration on the Colorado River between Mexico and the US brings benefits for both countries

Maven

Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features

September 23, 2020

Hey, are you ready for a good water news story?  In 2007, Mexico and the United States agreed to establish...

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA and IRWM – Successful Integration: How SGMA and IRWM Can Utilize Each Other’s Strengths

Guest Contributor

CommentaryGroundwater News

September 22, 2020

Guest commentary from Soua Lee, Program Manager of the Kings Basin Water Authority, on behalf of the IRWM Roundtable of...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Almond growers are committed to finding water solutions that work for people, farms, and fish

Don Cameron

CommentaryPlanning and management

September 17, 2020

This guest commentary is written by Don Cameron of Terranova Ranch: Back in late February and early March, California almond...

AG WATER PRICES: Groundwater Externalities and the Agricultural Response to Water Pricing

Maven

AgricultureGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

September 16, 2020

Dr. Ellen Bruno is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Ag and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley.  At...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Debate is over,’ California’s governor says. ‘This is a climate damn emergency.’

Cal Matters

Climate changePolicy and regulation

September 11, 2020

As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’...

HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On

Maven

Delta science

September 10, 2020

The Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB) is a 10-member board comprised of prominent scientists from different disciplines across...

EXPLAINER: A basic primer on water quality regulation

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality

September 9, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA), requiring local agencies to be formed and groundwater...

ECO RESTORE UPDATE: Five years in, program makes big gains on Delta habitat restoration

Maven

EcosystemsNotebook News and Features

September 3, 2020

California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least...

THE CONVERSATION: In a last-minute rule change, the Trump administration rolls back water-saving standards for showerheads

The Conversation

Policy and regulation

September 2, 2020

By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona For more than 25 years, Congress has directed U.S. government agencies to set energy...

DELTA COUNCIL: Progress report on implementing AB 1668 and SB 606: Making conservation a California way of life

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

September 2, 2020

The Delta Reform Act expressly defined the state’s water policy priorities as they relate to the Delta, including the express...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementWildfires and watersheds

August 26, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to...

NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATION: Delta Conveyance, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties, California

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

August 26, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2019-00899 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx The California Department of Water...