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DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Ten appeals filed for the Delta Conveyance Project consistency determination

November 18, 2025

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20257) for...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/18: Climate change and the future of the Delta; Delta Protection Commission appeals Delta Conveyance Project; Fort Bragg to test the state’s first wave-powered desalination system; Trump plan waives protection at +80% of wetlands; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 18, 2025

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Climate change and the future of the Delta

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features

November 18, 2025

Using science to protect people, economy, and nature in this vital region California is on the front lines of climate...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Protection Commission appeals Delta Conveyance Project

Delta Protection Commission

Delta Conveyance Project

November 18, 2025

Press release from the Delta Protection Commission The Delta Protection Commission voted today to appeal the Department of Water Resources’s...

SCRIPPS: California Beach Widths Show Resilience

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ecosystems

November 18, 2025

San Diego County beaches gained width in the past year and average beach width across all of California has remained...

CENTER SQUARE: Arizona leaders urge feds to defend state water rights

The Center Square

Colorado River

November 18, 2025

Officials write about Colorado River pact affecting Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. By Zachery Schmidt, The Center...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands

Inside Climate News

Policy and regulation

November 18, 2025

Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial safeguards for...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/17: Storminess to continue along the West Coast this week; CA’s rule book on El Niño and La Niña is broken; Fall Run Chinook salmon runs looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath; Building a watershed-scale monitoring network in the Sierra Nevada; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 17, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: How the state and federal water projects can better protect fish; Benchmarking the Delta tunnel against global tunnelling risk; Valley Water picks five projects totaling $3.9B to boost water supplies by 2050; SoCal evacuation orders and warnings canceled after storm brings mudslides, flooding; and more …

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Daily Digest

November 16, 2025

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UC DAVIS: How California’s state and federal water projects can better protect fish

UC Davis

Reports Water project operations

November 15, 2025

Report reviews Central Valley Project and State Water Project operations for endangered fish By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis At least...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

November 15, 2025

Coho love the newly ‘messy’ streams. by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, High Country News This story was produced with support from Bay...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Northern California’s next kelp forests might be growing in a lab

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

November 15, 2025

Kelp once formed “underwater rainforests” on the California coast, but these fragile ecosystems have largely disappeared. At a marine lab...

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

November 14, 2025

San Francisco Baykeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the River issue a notice of intent to sue...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Nov. 9-14: National Academies releases report on the long-term operations of Delta water projects; Delta Caucus leaders call on state commission to appeal tunnel project certification; Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

November 14, 2025

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/14: Atmospheric river researchers in Marysville begin critical work amid NorCal storm; In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier; Delta Caucus leaders call on state commission to appeal tunnel project certification; How cities can make AI infrastructure green; and more …

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Daily Digest

November 14, 2025

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