Keeping salinity in the Delta at bay during the drought Maven Science on the Notebook March 6, 2014From the March issue of the San Francisco Estuary Partenrship’s ESTUARY News, this article written by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto: “As...
Feinstein, Boxer, Costa and Garemendi send letter to the State Water Board, asking them to defer ‘far-reaching’ decision on Delta pumping until after March 21st Maven News and Features March 5, 2014Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, Congressman Costa and Congressman Garamendi have sent a letter to Tom Howard, Executive Director of the...
DWR’s Mark Cowin updates the California Water Commission on the drought, the water action plan, the BDCP, and groundwater management Maven Meetings March 5, 2014At the February 19th meeting of the California Water Commission, Director of the Department of Water Resources Mark Cowin updated...
Joint informational hearing on the BDCP, part 2: Delta stakeholders give their perspective Maven Legislative Hearings March 4, 2014On February 25, 2014, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife...
Congressman Costa introduces bills to increase California water storage Maven Other News Item March 4, 2014From Congressman Jim Costa’s website: Rep. Jim Costa introduced a package of legislation that would invest in California’s water infrastructure...
Joint informational hearing on the BDCP, part 1: Secretary Laird, Directors Bonham and Cowin on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Legislative Hearings March 3, 2014Legislators hear from administration officials and Delta stakeholders on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan On February 25, 2014, the Senate...
Governor Brown signs drought legislation Maven Breaking News March 1, 2014From the Office of the Governor: As California grapples with the driest period in its history, Governor Edmund G. Brown...
State Water Board issues notice of additional modifications to the order approving a temporary urgency change for SWP and CVP Maven Breaking News February 28, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: “On January 29, 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S....
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scheduled to continue special drought-related sampling for Delta smelt; Program providing water managers with real-time information on smelt movement Maven Breaking News February 27, 2014From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the first phase of...
Snow survey finds slightly increased water content (24%): New storms helping, but drought remains Maven Breaking News February 27, 2014From the Department of Water Resources: Storms are lightly blanketing the Sierra with fresh snow, but Department of Water Resources...
Letter: Advisory Committee recommends Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the BDCP Maven News and Features February 27, 2014An advisory committee has recommended that Director of Fish & Wildlife Chuck Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the...
Guest blogger: Loving Yosemite means many things Maven Guest contributors February 27, 2014From Spreck Rosekrans, Executive Director of Hetch Hetchy: “For many of us, loving Yosemite means loving the whole park and...
Superior Court tentatively rules in favor of San Diego County Water Authority in Metropolitan rate case; Met remains confident they will prevail in the end Maven Breaking News February 25, 2014From the San Diego County Water Authority: In a major victory for the San Diego County Water Authority and water...
Website notes: Old format returns, plus what to expect this week Maven Other News Item February 24, 2014Old website format returns … Thank you to all who submitted comments about the different website format. Comments were running...
California Weather Blog: Strong storm headed for California this week; compelling signs of developing El Nino, but will the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge return in the meantime? Maven Other News Item February 24, 2014From the California Weather Blog: “Unusually dry and warm conditions have returned to California over the past week. In the...
