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    NOTICE: Oil and Gas Regional Groundwater Monitoring – Reports for Poso Creek and North Coles Levee Oil Field

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    Other Announcements
    June 1, 2022
    From the State Water Resources Control Board: New reports are now available from the Oil and Gas Regional Groundwater Monitoring Program...

    DAILY DIGEST, 6/1: Urban water use is latest target for drought cutbacks; Even amid worsening drought, enviros sharpen knives for Sites Reservoir; Bill to accelerate Bay-Delta Plan defeated; SoCal water restrictions take effect; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    June 1, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water beginning at 9am. Click...

    RISING VOICES: Water, food, soil, and California’s need for holistic climate policy

    The Water Hub
    Guest contributors
    June 1, 2022
    Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues impacting...

    MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for June 1

    Robert Shibatani
    Water conditions
    June 1, 2022
    Written by Robert Shibatani Summer is here, well, not officially… But as California prepares itself for the “business-end” of what...

    WEBINAR RECORDING: California water futures: What are they? And what are they not?

    Maven
    Webinars
    May 31, 2022
    Since their introduction last year, the California Water Index and California water futures has stirred controversy – and even legislation...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/31: Drought resurrects Sites Reservoir; Drinking water rate assistance program; Water for development; The hatchery crutch; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    May 31, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California drought resurrects decades-old plan for controversial Sites Reservoir “A long-dead proposal...

    USFWS Fish and Wildlife News: Extinction threats, protecting migration, and tools for land managers

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    Science Publications
    May 30, 2022

    May 2022 Delta Breeze: Science Action Agenda

    Maven
    Science Publications
    May 30, 2022

    The Failed Recovery Plan for the Delta and Delta Smelt

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    Science News
    May 30, 2022
    By Dr. Peter Moyle at the California Water Blog: Few native species are as controversial as Delta Smelt. It is...

    Worth Waiting For: The Advantages of Late-Migrating Spring-Run Chinook

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    Science News
    May 30, 2022
    From FishBio: Rare traits and behaviors within a population often get less attention, but might sometimes be the perfect ingredient...

    Enjoy your Memorial Day …

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    Uncategorized
    May 30, 2022
        Maven’s Notebook will return tomorrow. Thank you for your readership!  ...

    DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up; Gray declares victory in effort to keep reservoir projects moving forward; Solano Supes reiterate opposition to Delta tunnel project; The failed recovery plan for the Delta and Delta smelt; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    May 29, 2022
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up “Something weird is...

    TECHNICAL FIELD COURSE: 2022 Erosion and Sediment Control Field School

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    Science Announcement
    May 28, 2022
    Salmonid Restoration Federation is hosting an Erosion and Sediment Control Field School June 14-15. This technical field course is part...

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 22-27: State strengthens drought rules; Obscure water contract pits farmers against each other; Delta water crisis linked to CA’s racist past; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    May 27, 2022
    A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/27: Proposed water tunnel puts Delta under scrutiny; Some Valley towns have sunk nearly a foot in just one year; Supervisors hold off on Vina GSA legal finance support; Raising Mono Lake requires a new plan; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    May 27, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include Presentation...
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    DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

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    December 8, 2022

    DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: The role of water quality in salmon predation

    Meetings
    December 6, 2022

    MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for December 1

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    December 2, 2022

    KAMYAR GUIVETCHI: Managing Water Resources for Sustainability & Resilience

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    November 30, 2022

    Recent Daily Digests

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/9: Friday

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 9, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/8: La Nina forecast to fade by April, easing California drought; Delta residents gather to protest Delta tunnel proposal; Household water wells are drying up in record numbers as California drought worsens; Fort Bragg considering wave energy-powered desalination in latest novel water move; and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 8, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 7, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/6: Parts of the West have double the normal snowpack but it’s too early to get excited; Court grants petition challenging Delta tunnel soil investigation project New study says repurposing retired farmland around disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley would benefit the economy and environment; PPIC Fact Sheet: Water and energy in California; and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 6, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/5: Sacramento River winter-run salmon face worst year ever; These Imperial Valley farmers want to pay more for their Colorado River water; Desal offers only partial solution to growing drought; Waves of precipitation keep coming for West Coast; and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 5, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More unsettled weather takes aim at West Coast; Cal Am desal plant faces tough road ahead to meet Coastal Commission conditions; Interview with outgoing Westlands longtime GM Birmingham; and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 4, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/2: State kicks off water year with anticipated 5% allocation; Another storm this weekend; If you build it, do they come? Measuring results of the Water Forum’s habitat projects on the Lower American River; What’s next for Cal Am’s desalination plant?; and more …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 2, 2022

    Weekly Digest

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec 4-9:

    WEEKLY DIGEST
    December 9, 2022

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    NOTICE of lifting of curtailments under standard water right Term 91

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming Soon: The Delta Residents Survey

    NOTICE of 180-Day Temporary Permit Applications in Imperial County

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

    NOTICE: December 6 Weekly Update – Temporary Suspension of Curtailments in the Delta Watershed

    Funding Opportunities

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: CDFW Announces $200 Million in New Grant Funding Under Drought, Climate and Nature-Based Solutions

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Watershed Remediation and Enhancement Grants to Address Impacts from Cannabis Cultivation

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