Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

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Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

Symposium coverage, part 1: Delta and longfin smelt: Is extinction inevitable?

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Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

July 5, 2016

Part 1 of coverage of symposium covers what we know and don’t know about the Delta and longfin smelt Is...

Happy Fourth of July!

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Website announcements

July 4, 2016

No posts today, but it’s not for my lack of trying Dear Readers, Happy Fourth of July! I won’t be...

The Bay Institute responds to Sacramento River Settlement Contractors

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Water project operations

July 1, 2016

Sacramento River Settlement Contractors will receive full deliveries of water this year at the expense of the salmon runs, they...

This just in … Sacramento River Settlement Contractors frustrated by delay in implementing the Sacramento River operations plan for summer

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Water project operations

June 30, 2016

Proposed Shasta Reservoir Releases Focuses Solely on Temperature for Winter Run Eggs; SRSCs Call for More Holistic Approach to Managing...

Mary Nichols: Exploring the water-energy nexus

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Planning and management

June 30, 2016

The Chair of the Air Resources Board addresses the Southern California Water Committee on the potential ways the water sector...

Stanford researchers highlight steps toward sustainable groundwater management in California

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Groundwater News

June 29, 2016

Survey of groundwater professionals points to need for standardized data monitoring and makes policy recommendations for successful implementation of historic...

Panel discussion: Strange bed flows: Managing groundwater and stream flow

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

June 29, 2016

Panel tackles the question of what is a ‘groundwater-dependent ecosystem’ and how that fits into the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act...

Update on the Water Storage Investment Program

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

June 28, 2016

Details on the progress of the regulations from updates at both the Delta Stewardship Council and the California Water Commission...

Reactions to judge’s clarification on the Delta Plan ruling

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Water rights and water law

June 25, 2016

On Thursday, the Sacramento Superior Court issued tentative ruling on multiple parties requests for clarification of the recent ruling on...

This just in … Delta Stewardship Council issues statement on court’s tentative Delta Plan ruling

Delta Stewardship Council

Policy and regulation

June 23, 2016

From the Delta Stewardship Council: Statement of Jessica Pearson, Executive Officer: While the Sacramento Superior Court’s May 19th ruling upheld...

This just in … Court issues clarification on Delta Plan ruling

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Policy and regulation

June 23, 2016

“To be clear, the Delta Plan is invalid and must be set aside until proper revisions are completed.” The Sacramento...

Climate variability and change: Trends and impacts on California agriculture

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AgricultureBest of the NotebookNotebook News and Features

June 23, 2016

Dr. Tapan Pathak looks at how climate variability, increasing temperatures, and changing precipitation could affect California agriculture In this presentation,...

PPIC Report: Lessons for California: How Australia Manages Water for the Environment

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Planning and managementPolicy and regulationReports

June 23, 2016

Environment Is Equal Player, With Tools To Reduce Damage To Ecosystems, Native Species From the Public Policy Institute of California:...

CAL MATTERS: Unfunded or undone: A Trump presidency eyes California policies

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

June 23, 2016

By Cal Matters: As a state bluer than Lake Tahoe in sunlight, California has adopted a slew of progressive policies...