Donate to Maven’s Notebook to support timely, unbiased water news Maven News and Features November 29, 2022As one of Maven’s Notebook’s regular readers in 2022, I’m reaching out to you as this year ends with a...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on Water Storage Investment Program contracts for public benefits Maven News and Features October 26, 2022At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, staff briefed commissioners on the Water Storage Investment Program and the...
NOW AT THE CALIFORNIA WATER LIBRARY: A Century of Delta Conveyance Plans Maven News and Features August 10, 2022Gavin Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan is out, rekindling a century-old debate about the diversion of Sacramento River water to the...
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: New page at Maven’s Notebook provides explainers and resources for evaluating the draft environmental documents Maven News and Features August 10, 2022What is it? How will they build it? Can they keep the fish out? In late July, the California Department...
FEATURE: How Wildfire-damaged Plastic Pipes Contaminate Drinking water – and What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows News and Features August 3, 2022Written for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The first time a reporter asked public health researcher Gina Solomon if wildfires...
FEATURE: Good News on Nutria Robin Meadows News and Features July 7, 2022Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...
FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies Robin Meadows Best of the Notebook July 6, 2022Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...
UPDATE: Delta Stewardship Council denies appeal of Lookout Slough project Maven News and Features May 2, 2022At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during a public hearing, the Council voted to deny the appeal...
ESTUARY NEWS: Atmospheric Rivers Intensifying as World Warms: How the West Will Know What’s Coming Robin Meadows Best of the Notebook April 14, 2022Article written by Robin Meadows, Estuary News In just a few years, tracking the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers by airplane...
ESTUARY NEWS: Suisun Marsh: A Bastion for Fish Nate Seltenrich News and Features April 6, 2022By Nate Seltenrich Rising seas are coming for Suisun Marsh, and without careful management some of its most critical habitats...
DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency determination for the Lookout Slough Project appealed – again Maven News and Features February 3, 2022The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water Maven News and Features January 11, 2022The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta Robin Meadows News and Features October 5, 2021Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Staff Draft Determination for Lookout Slough appeal released for public comment Maven News and Features June 21, 2021Draft determination upholds portions of the appeal; denies other parts Last Friday, the Delta Stewardship Council posted for review and...
DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency Determination for Lookout Slough Project appealed Maven News and Features March 29, 2021The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
