House Democrats from California and other Western states send letter opposing HR 2898

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 8, 2015

House Democrats from California, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington – 27 in all – have signed on to a letter opposing...

Shasta Dam Fish Passage Evaluation: Winter-run Chinook may swim above Shasta Dam once again

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Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

October 8, 2015

Agency scientists discuss the winter-run captive broodstock program at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery, the conceptual designs for the juvenile...

California Water Commission: SGMA Implementation – Summary of Comments on Basin Boundary Regulation; Update on State Water Project Issues

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 7, 2015

Presentation includes summary of comments received and planned revisions, as well as a new online tool; brief update on SWP...

Rep. McNerney Blasts “WaterFix” Tunnels Plan that would Devastate the Delta Region

Elected Official

Delta Conveyance Project

October 6, 2015

From Representative Jerry McNerney’s office: Today, standing in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09)...

Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay-Delta discusses Cal Water Fix

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

October 6, 2015

The project’s ecosystem measures, seismic risk analysis, climate change adaptation, and draft EIR discussed; also, a brief review of the...

Agencies Release Environmental Data “Vision Document”

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Policy and regulationReports

October 5, 2015

Report Outlines Ways to Make Information Relevant and Accessible From the Delta Stewardship Council: Streamlining the collaboration of huge amounts...

This just in … Landowners, grape growers, government and others partner to protect juvenile coho in the Russian River watershed

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Ecosystems

October 2, 2015

Jackson Family Wines enters into voluntary agreement to provide water to Green Valley Creek through the end of December From...

This just in … Interior Issues Briefing Document Regarding Westlands Drainage Settlement Agreement

US Department of the Interior

Water rights and water law

October 2, 2015

Received via email from Westlands Water District: Earlier this week, the Obama Administration issued a multi-page U.S. Department of the...

Emergency Drought Barrier Removal Underway in Delta

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Water project operations

October 2, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources: Work by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to dismantle an emergency drought barrier...

This just in … Californians Continue Meeting Governor’s Water Conservation Mandate

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

October 1, 2015

Savings Must Continue To Reach February 2016 Goal From the State Water Resources Control Board: “Californians reduced water use by...

A look at three successful turf replacement programs

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Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features

September 30, 2015

Metropolitan Water District, San Diego County Water Authority, and Southern Nevada Water Authority’s turf replacement programs highlighted in a Water...

Restore the Delta Media Call: Experts Reading Delta Tunnels EIR Express Concerns in Final Month for Public Comments

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

September 30, 2015

From Restore the Delta, this press release: “[Yesterday], Restore the Delta held a teleconference with a panel of experts reading...

Groundwater, aquatic food webs, and Delta challenges in the latest issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

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Delta science

September 30, 2015

The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available.  In this issue: Editorial Essays on...

This just in … The Delta Challenges Report: Former Delta Lead Scientists Summarize Challenges, Complexities in Vital Estuary

Delta Stewardship Council

EcosystemsReports

September 29, 2015

Delta Poses “Wicked” Problems That Must Be Managed From the Natural Resources Agency: Problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are...

NorCal Congressmembers send letter to Governor Brown on Cal Water Fix

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Delta Conveyance Project

September 29, 2015

The tunnels will fail to increase water supply, devastate an already fragile ecosystem, and divert funding from more effective statewide...