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BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Problems and promise of restoring tidal marsh to benefit native fishes

February 9, 2017

Dr. John Durand discusses the effectiveness of existing and proposed tidal marsh restoration sites in the Suisun Marsh and the...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Continues Water Conservation Regulations, Prohibitions Against Wasting Water

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

February 8, 2017

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Resources Control Board extended its existing water conservation regulations,...

THIS JUST IN … NASA Report: San Joaquin Valley Land Continues to Sink

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

February 8, 2017

Groundwater Pumping Causes Subsidence, Damages Water Infrastructure From the Department of Water Resources: New NASA radar satellite maps prepared for...

METROPOLITAN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE BAY-DELTA: Project implementation considerations for California Water Fix; Dr. Jacob Katz on managing floodplain productivity for multiple benefits

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

February 8, 2017

At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members were given an overview of the...

THIS JUST IN … District Court denies motion to dismiss NRDC suit against the EPA over waivers of water quality standards during drought

Natural Resources Defense Council

Policy and regulation Water quality

February 7, 2017

‘Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged a non-discretionary duty by the EPA to review the SWRCB orders at issue,’ the Court rules...

THIS JUST IN … Assemblyman Gray announces legislation to overhaul state water management

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

February 6, 2017

From the Office of Assemblyman Adam Gray: Assemblyman Adam C. Gray (D-Merced) today announced the introduction of new legislation, Assembly...

THIS JUST IN … Assemblyman Frazier and Senator Dodd announce formation of legislative Delta caucus

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

February 6, 2017

From the Office of Assemblyman Jim Frazier and Senator Jim Dodd: Today, Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D – Oakley) and Senator...

THIS JUST IN … Snowpack shows big one-month gain – statewide 173 percent of the February 2 average

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

February 2, 2017

From the Department of Water Resources: Today’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey at Phillips Station in the...

Environmental and conservation groups submit comments on California Water Fix Final EIR/EIS

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Delta Conveyance Project

January 31, 2017

“Talking Points and Unfounded Assertions”: Environmental Water Caucus finds Delta Tunnels Final EIR Lacking From the Environmental Water Caucus via...

NASA/JPL: Storms filled 37 percent of California’s snow-water deficit

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

January 27, 2017

January storms may have recouped 37 percent of California’s five-year deficit in snow water. By NASA/JPL The “atmospheric river” weather...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The effects of water project operations on juvenile salmon survival in the Delta

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Water project operations

January 26, 2017

Literature, data review, and recommendations for future salmonid investigations Survival for migrating juvenile chinook salmon has been low for those...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managing the state and federal water projects: The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features

January 25, 2017

Part 1: Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program: Moving from Litigation to Collaboration The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program...

THIS JUST IN … Bureau of Reclamation Outlines Water Year 2017 Central Valley Project Water Supply Conditions

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

January 20, 2017

From the Bureau of Reclamation: In preparation for the initial 2017 water supply allocation announcement, the Bureau of Reclamation is...

US FWS: Rain or Shine, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologists Work Through Some Tough Weather Conditions

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife Science

January 19, 2017

By Steve Martarano, US FWS The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work. Whether it...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: A Tale of Two Deltas: A Comparison of Transport Processes in the Predevelopment and Contemporary Delta

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Delta science

January 19, 2017

Modification of the Delta’s landscape has fundamentally changed hydrodynamic and transport processes in the Delta. In this presentation, Jon Burau,...