CAL MATTERS: On bill to blunt Trump’s environment aims, it’s farms or endangered species — and Newsom must choose

Cal Matters

Policy and regulationWater rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has been part of negotiations over air, water and endangered-species protections. The governor decries Trump’s environmental...

EXPLAINER: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

September 11, 2019

Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...

SAC PRESS CLUB: Droughts, Tunnels & Clean Water: A Conversation on California Water Policy

Maven

Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

September 5, 2019

Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Jeff Kightlinger, and Jennifer Pierre discuss the Delta tunnel project, the long-awaited biological opinions, SB 1, voluntary...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Integrated Regional Water Management – Helping Create a Balanced Portfolio for our Water Future

Guest Contributor

Commentary

September 5, 2019

Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...

BERKELEY LAB: How California wildfires can impact water availability

Berkeley Lab

Groundwater NewsWildfires and watersheds

September 4, 2019

New Berkeley Lab study uses supercomputers to analyze hydrological changes in a California watershed following a wildfire. By Julie Chao,...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta

Maven

Delta scienceEcosystems

August 29, 2019

Study results suggest removing predators won’t address the problem, but removing submerged aquatic vegetation might At the May meeting of...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

August 28, 2019

California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...

NOW AVAILABLE: Independent Scientific Review of the Delta Mercury Control Program Phase 1 Methylmercury Control Studies

Delta Stewardship Council

Water quality

August 26, 2019

From the Delta Stewardship Council: A report to the Delta Science Program from the independent scientific review panel for the...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Synthesis within the Interagency Ecological Program: Growing to Meet Increasing Needs

Maven

Delta science

August 22, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

Maven

Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

August 21, 2019

Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Authorizes Nearly Quarter Billion Dollars to Provide Safe and Affordable Drinking Water

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

August 20, 2019

New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board:...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Shasta Dam releases can be managed to benefit both salmon and sturgeon, study finds

UC Santa Cruz

Water project operations

August 20, 2019

Optimal scenario for releasing water into the Sacramento River can meet the needs of endangered winter-run chinook salmon, threatened green...

DELTA CONVEYANCE UPDATE: Valley Water board ponders their participation level, discusses an Delta conveyance environmental stakeholder committee

Maven

Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

August 20, 2019

At the August meeting of the Board of Directors of Valley Water (formerly the Santa Clara Valley Water District), staff...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: It’s Vital: Delta Smelt Reproduction and Resilience

Maven

Delta science

August 15, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law

August 14, 2019

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...