Author Maven

November 20, 2014

In June of 2014, the Delta Science Program hosted an Environmental Data Summit, which brought together scientists, managers, and experts...

Shopping for water: How the market can mitigate water shortages in the American West

Best of the Notebook

November 19, 2014

In October of 2014, the Hamilton Project and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment hosted a forum, New Directions...

Talks on drought bill underway on Capitol Hill; Restore the Delta responds

Breaking News

November 18, 2014

From Michael Doyle at McClatchy News DC and Mark Grossi with the Fresno Bee: “California’s water future is boiling below...

Bay Delta Science Conference: The Delta Science Plan and the Interim Science Action Agenda

November 18, 2014

The Delta Science Plan was completed in 2013 and serves as our framework for building the vision of ‘One Delta,...

Coalition Releases Comprehensive Recommendations to Help California’s Cities, Farms and Environment Weather the Drought

Breaking News

November 17, 2014

From the Natural Resources Defense Council: As dreams of a wet, El Niño winter fade and California heads into a...

Water Marketing, Groundwater Banking & Drought Management in California

Best of the Notebook

November 17, 2014

The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought...

Metropolitan Water District, Restore the Delta, and the State Water Contractors react to release of BDCP financing report

November 15, 2014

There really wasn’t much of a reaction to the report on BDCP funding that was released on Friday. (You can...

California Weather Blog: A dry start to autumn for most of California as amplified North American pattern continues; Prospects for rain murky

November 15, 2014

From the California Weather Blog: “A rather extraordinary sequence of atmospheric events has unfolded over the Pacific Ocean and across...

Media call on latest BDCP Affordability and Financing Considerations report, plus a brief update on when to expect the recirculated BDCP docs

News and Features

November 14, 2014

This morning, the California Natural Resources Agency held a media call regarding the release of the report, The Bay Delta...

California Treasurer’s Office Releases Report on BDCP Affordability and Financing; Urban and Agricultural Users Have Capacity to Pay Their Share of Costs

November 14, 2014

From the California Natural Resources Agency: The California State Treasurer’s Office released The Bay Delta Conveyance Facility: Affordability and Financing Considerations,...

Dr. Stephen Brandt: Habitat quality: A fish’s perspective

November 14, 2014

The 8th Biennial Bay Delta Science Conference brought together over a thousand scientists, managers, and policy makers to Sacramento to...

Delta Stewardship Council Chair Randy Fiorini on Actionable Science in the Delta

November 13, 2014

As Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council, Randy Fiorini heads the agency that is charged with developing and implementing a...

Tunnel opponents call on Gov. Brown to abandon doomed BDCP Delta tunnels; say EPA, agencies’ criticisms are unresolvable

November 12, 2014

From Restore the Delta, this press release: Restore the Delta (RTD), Friends of the River (FOR) and California Water Impact...

Dr. Peter Goodwin: Six things the Delta science community has learned in the last two years