Celeste Cantu: A 21st-century relationship with water Maven FEATURED ARTICLES January 1, 2015The 21st Century delivers unprecedented challenges to water, key to life, economy and the environment. Unless we examine our relationship with...
Survey Finds More Snow in Mountains, but Water Content Is Still Far Below Average for Date Maven Breaking News December 31, 2014From the Department of Water Resources: The first manual snow survey of the Sierra snowpack this winter found more snow...
California Weather Blog: Windy and cold weather on the way, with low elevation snow possible in SoCal, then a dry and cold start to the new year Maven Other News Item December 31, 2014From the California Weather Blog: “After an extremely wet December across much of Northern California, the latter half of the...
Website news: Maven’s Notebook will be going uncharacteristically dark for the next two days Maven Uncategorized December 29, 2014Yes, folks, it does happen. Usually pretty much every where I go, near and far, I am toting my computer...
Senator Darrell Steinberg on legislative leadership: Getting to a two-thirds vote on the water bond and other seemingly impossible missions Maven Best of the Notebook December 29, 2014At the 2014 fall conference of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s luncheon was...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Maven’s Notebook! Maven Uncategorized December 25, 2014Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!...
Peter Gleick: Solutions in a world of peak water limits Maven FEATURED ARTICLES December 25, 2014For one week each October, Chicago Ideas Week brings together some of the world’s most outstanding speakers to present their...
Craig Wilson, the first Delta watermaster, reflects on his four years in office Maven FEATURED ARTICLES December 23, 2014Just last week, the State Water Resources Control Board appointed Michael George to be the new Delta Watermaster. He’ll be...
This just in … Ninth Circuit Upholds Biological Opinion for Central Valley Irrigation Impacts on Endangered Salmon Maven Breaking News December 22, 2014This just in from the Central Valley Business Times: Salmon and the federal government agencies and environmental groups trying to...
When it comes to fish habitat, offers they can refuse Maven FEATURED ARTICLES December 22, 2014From Estuary News: “The numbers are daunting: 8,000 acres to be restored to fish-friendly tidal habitat in order to comply...
Dr. Tracy Collier with the Delta ISB review of the BDCP Draft EIR/S, particularly regarding reliance on habitat restoration Maven Science on the Notebook December 22, 2014The Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) completed its review of the draft EIR/EIS for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)...
Water agencies and Restore the Delta react to Bay Delta Conservation Plan revisions Maven Other News Item December 21, 2014Last Friday, the California Natural Resources Agency announced changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, most notably the elimination of...
This just in … Gov. Brown’s Delta Water Plan Refined to Reduce Local Impacts Need for Three Pumping Plants Eliminated; Public Invited to Comment on Changes Maven Breaking News December 19, 2014From the Department of Water Resources: The administration of Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and its federal partners announced Friday...
Early morning news flash … Pumps dropped from Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Breaking News December 19, 2014This one’s too good to wait for the Daily Digest later this morning … From the Sacramento Bee: “The massive...
Matt Nobriga: The utilization of tidal marshes by fishes of the Upper San Francisco Estuary Maven Science on the Notebook December 19, 2014At the 2014 Bay Delta Science Conference, Matt Nobriga, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gave...
