DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels; Agencies submit the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan; Why drought conservation has been a bust so far; Valley leaders, residents call for more action on water; and more … Maven DAILY DIGEST May 8, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’...
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Call for Proposals to Build Coastal Resilience – $9.5 Million Available Maven Funding opportunities May 7, 2022From the Ocean Protection Council: The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is pleased to announce the release of a solicitation...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 1-6: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement; Suisun Marsh wetland restoration; plus all the top water news and commentary of the week Maven WEEKLY DIGEST May 6, 2022A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/6: Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency, form their own group; Salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century; Water Board report describes challenges to providing safe drinking water; Huntington desal: for and against; and more … Maven DAILY DIGEST May 6, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency; form their own group...
With One Threat Nearly Tamed, a Related Question: What Does the Bay Most Need to Be Saved From? Maven Science News May 6, 2022From Bay Nature: If you look up the Arrowhead Marsh along the Oakland shoreline on Google Maps, the arrowhead shape...
Introducing the Landscape Scenario Planning Tool Version 2.0 Maven Science on the Notebook May 6, 2022From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: In partnership with the Delta Stewardship Council, the San Francisco Estuary Institute has developed...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/5: April showers may bring May flowers, but winter snow is water in the bank; Dairy farmers concerned over water scarcity; Webinar recap: A restored California is a resilient California; AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams; and more … Maven DAILY DIGEST May 5, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER: 2022 Drinking Water Needs Assessment Results from 9am to 12pm. This workshop...
FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management Maven Best of the Notebook May 5, 2022Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes. He has...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/4: Are CA’s drought rules enough to halt the ‘alarming challenges’ ahead?; No relief from drought thanks to La Niña; Reclamation takes further action to help Lake Powell; Desal report from state Coastal Commission is nonsensical, says the OC Register; and more … Maven DAILY DIGEST May 4, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee Meeting from 9am to 12pm. The...
NOTICE: May 3 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed Maven Other Announcements May 4, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: This post contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...
White papers providing a synthesis of knowledge relating to Delta Smelt biology in the San Francisco Estuary, emphasizing effects of flow Maven Science News May 4, 2022From the Interagency Ecological Program: FLOAT-MAST (Flow Alteration – Management Analysis and Synthesis Team), 2022. White papers providing a synthesis...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/3: Valley could see a “mass migration” of farmworkers as land is fallowed under SGMA; Why farmers often pay higher water rates and fees during drought; Beyond “paper” water: The complexities of fully leveraging tribal water rights; Why Morro Bay is struggling to remove a trio of smokestacks; and more … Maven DAILY DIGEST May 3, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: A Restored California is a Resilient California from 9am to 10:30am. This...
CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement Maven Meetings May 3, 2022“You can’t just dare the board to come after you. You have to pay your fees, and you have to...
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Reclamation announces 2023 funding opportunity for Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Maven Funding opportunities May 3, 2022From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a funding opportunity for the fiscal year 2023 WaterSMART...
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2022 Nonpoint Source (NPS) Grant Program – Clean Water Act section 319(h) Maven Funding opportunities May 3, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: This is notification that the Request for Proposals for the 2022 Nonpoint Source...