ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

Maven

Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation

May 22, 2019

Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Feather River Fish Hatchery

Maven

Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

May 16, 2019

The Feather River Fish Hatchery is a State Water Project facility that was built in conjunction with the construction of...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Tribal Groundwater Rights and SGMA: A New Underlying Tension?

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 15, 2019

Panel discussion moderated by DWR Tribal Advisor Anecita Agustinez discusses tribal involvement in GSAs, the benefits of tribal participation in...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Sues to Sink Planned Expansion of Shasta Dam

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

May 14, 2019

Up against the Trump administration and the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, California’s attorney general and a coalition of fishing...

THIS JUST IN … Attorney General Becerra Sues Westlands Water District to Block Unlawful Shasta Dam Project

CA Attorney General

Policy and regulation

May 14, 2019

From the Office of the Attorney General: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit to block Westlands Water District (Westlands)...

LETTER: Senator Feinstein praises Newsom decision to support a single Delta tunnel project

Legislator/Elected Official

Delta Conveyance Project

May 14, 2019

“I believe it is critical that California build a single tunnel to improve Delta conveyance,” she says. Last week, Senator...

Interview with Wade Crowfoot: Implementing Newsom’s “One California” portfolio approach for water

Lisa Beutler

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 14, 2019

In perhaps the most in-depth interview for water wonks yet, Lisa Beutler, Senior Principal with Stantec, sits down with Secretary...

CAL MATTERS: Weakling or bully? The battle over CEQA, the state’s iconic environmental law

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

May 13, 2019

Inside the Capitol’s corridors and pro-development quarters around the state, the California Environmental Quality Act is increasingly disparaged as a...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law

May 8, 2019

Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Irrigation District Approves Salton Sea Restoration Project

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

May 7, 2019

A major Southern California water purveyor paved the way for a massive restoration project at the Salton Sea in an...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom Scraps California’s $17 Billion WaterFix Project

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation

May 2, 2019

Axing former Gov. Jerry Brown’s design for two massive tunnels underneath California’s most important estuary, new Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western U.S., new study finds

Desert Research Institute

HydrologyWildfires and watersheds

May 2, 2019

From the Desert Research Institute: Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend occurring across...

REACTIONS: Water agencies, environmental organizations, legislators, and Delta stakeholders react to single-tunnel Delta conveyance project *UPDATED*

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Delta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation

May 2, 2019

Today, Natural Resources Agency announced that the Department of Water Resources will cease pursuit of permits for a twin tunnel...

THIS JUST IN … State Withdraws WaterFix Approvals, Initiates Planning and Permitting for a Smaller Single Tunnel

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

May 2, 2019

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today is taking formal steps to withdraw proposed...

THIS JUST IN … Final Phillips Survey of 2019 Finds Healthy Late-Spring Snowpack

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

May 2, 2019

California’s snowpack is cold and dense From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted...