COURT DOCS: Operational plan for Glen Canyon Dam Courthouse News Service Colorado River October 2, 2019From Courthouse News Service: Save the Colorado, et al. sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming the environmental...
NEW REPORTS: Water and land use; Building cities to better support biodiversity; Management considerations for protecting groundwater quality; Innovation drives advances in stormwater capture Maven Planning and managementReports October 2, 2019Water and Land Use From the Local Government Commission: In 2005, the California Legislature passed new laws that enable communities to...
THIS JUST IN … Westlands announces termination of Shasta Dam Raise CEQA Analysis Westlands Water District Water project operations September 30, 2019From Westlands Water District: Today, Westlands Water District terminated its preparation of an environmental impact report pursuant to the California...
COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: California must embrace groundwater management, and expand it Cal Matters CommentaryGroundwater News September 27, 2019Five years ago, California became the last state in the West to regulate groundwater. Many thought this would be impossible...
DFW Director Bonham urges Reclamation to implement Fall X2 Maven Water project operations September 26, 2019Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation signaled that they would not be participating in the Fall X2 action, which is...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Managing water quality across boundaries Maven Delta scienceWater quality September 26, 2019There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. ...
CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on the Department’s Strategic Plan, Delta conveyance Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 25, 2019At the August meeting of the California Water Commission, Karla Nemeth, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), spoke...
THE CONVERSATION: Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation The Conversation Policy and regulationWater rights and water law September 24, 2019Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...
VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS: Environmental NGOs send letter to Governor Newsom outlining concerns Maven Policy and regulation September 23, 2019Last week, representatives for the environmental organizations that are actively participating in the Voluntary Agreement process sent a letter to...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation requests changes to Fall X2 action Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations September 19, 2019The Golden Gate Salmon Association has issued a statement responding to a memo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE JOURNAL: Mitigating land subsidence in the Delta; Effects of the drought and emergency drought barrier on the Delta; Study of tagged juvenile salmon released above Shasta Dam; and more … Maven Delta science September 19, 2019In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal: Chemically Enhanced Treatment Wetland to Improve Water Quality...
CAL MATTERS: Demise of key environment bill could escalate California’s water wars Cal Matters Policy and regulation September 18, 2019Some groups will likely paint the governor — who sees himself as an environmental warrior — as a politician who,...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science September 18, 2019There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected...
REACTIONS: Legislators, NGOs, farmers, and water interests react to passage and imminent veto of SB 1 Maven Policy and regulation September 17, 2019Late Friday night, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the California Environmental, Public Health and Workers Defense...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Administration Set to Repeal Obama-Era Water Protection Rule Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation September 12, 2019The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...
