METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project Maven Meetings October 11, 2016At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...
CAL WATER FIX: DWR files Incidental Take Permit application; State Water Board issues ruling on multiple objections to submitted testimony Maven News and Features October 10, 2016Department of Water Resources files Incidental Take Permit Application for California Water Fix From the California Water Fix website: The...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Delta legislators voice their ‘strong opposition’ to State Water Board; hearing materials posted Maven News and Features October 5, 2016A group of twelve Delta representatives led by Senator Lois Wolk has filed a letter with the State Water Resources...
DR. PETER MOYLE & DR JASON BAUMSTEIGER: Assessing extinction in freshwater fishes Maven Best of the Notebook September 29, 2016Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water agency officials discuss the California Water Fix Maven Event coverage September 28, 2016Can the conflict over the Delta tunnels be solved? Officials from Northern, Central, and Southern California discuss the tunnels and...
CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: September update on the Water Storage Investment Program Maven News and Features September 28, 2016Public comment period closes on October 3rd; Another round of public comment expected At the California Water Commission’s September 16th...
GUEST COMMENTARY: New proposed instream flows: Are these supportable by a changing upstream hydrologic regime…? Robert Shibatani Guest contributors September 28, 2016Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows...
ANNE CASTLE: Our worn out water security blankets Maven Best of the Notebook September 21, 2016The Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior cautions we can no longer rely...
Israel-California Water Conference: California agriculture panel discussion Maven Event coverage September 14, 2016Officials discuss drought, regulations, technology, and the future of California agriculture Over the past several decades, Israel had made large...
Israel-California Water Conference: The challenge of thinking one drop ahead Maven Event coverage September 13, 2016State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus and Israeli Water Authority Senior Deputy Director Tamar Shor discuss water management in California...
Alternative monitoring approaches for large Bay-Delta estuarine wetland restoration projects Maven Event coverage September 8, 2016Adapting to uncertainty or novelty during accelerated climate change In recent years, many tidal wetland restoration projects have become larger...
Drought, climate change, and California water management Maven Best of the Notebook August 31, 2016Climate change will stress all aspects of our water management system, particularly the Delta; however, multiple strategies do exist to...
Overview of control studies for the Delta methylmercury TMDL Maven Event coverage August 30, 2016Dr. Stephen McCord discusses the progress made so far on the phase one control studies; final reports are due October,...
Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land Maven Best of the Notebook August 25, 2016Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
Webinar: Managing Drought: Lessons from Australia Maven Event coverage August 24, 2016A look at Australia’s strategies and programs that cut urban water use in half Australia and California, despite being on...
