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NOAA FISHERIES: Start-up beaver dams transform parched California creeks into salmon havens, new research finds ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (814+ words) Battered by early gold mining and diminished by logging and diversions,the lower section of Sugar Creek often ran dry in summer. The tributary of the Scott River in Northern California’s Klamath Basin once supported coho salmon—but as it…...
EDWARD RING: Comments on the “Water Quality Control Plan” for the Delta
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (500+ words) By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center Anyone who hasn’t spent a lifetime in this business will quickly realize that this plan is huge and hard to follow. The “plan” is a…...
PRESS RELEASE: Threatened fish thrive in restored SoCal creek, signaling success for water reliability
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (209+ words) From the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District: Just months after reconnecting Anza Creek to the Santa Ana River, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (San Bernardino Valley) has documented adult Santa Ana sucker and hundreds of newly hatched juvenile…...
SCRIPPS: How does El Niño impact the California Coast?
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (221+ words) By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution of Oceanography El Niño is defined by the persistence of warm water in the Pacific Ocean at the equator. This warm water has impacts on global temperature, weather systems and marine life. This El…...
CA FARM WATER COALITION: Unified Water Plan charts a path to keep the San Joaquin Valley growing
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (233+ words) From the California Farm Water Coalition: The California Farm Water Coalition welcomes the release of the Unified Water Plan for the San Joaquin Valley, a congressionally authorized report that gives federal, state, and local leaders a single roadmap for water…...
CDFW: Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (292+ words) The centerpiece of the program is a weir in the Lower Trinity River on the Hoopa Valley Reservation that temporarily contains fish for both scientific examination and selective tribal harvest. The weir replaces two other weirs that the Tribe and…...
DELTA COALITION: Voluntary agreements fail as federal and state partners pull out of updated Bay-Delta Plan ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (177+ words) From Restore the Delta: The coalition has also consistently warned that the federal government cannot be relied upon as a partner in complying with state laws and regulatory decisions designed to protect Delta ecosystems, Tribes, and Delta communities. The Bureau…...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: NOAA Fisheries takes a ‘sharp turn away from science’
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (857+ words) In July, the Trump administration relegated endangered leatherback turtles, sea lions and whales to mere collateral damage in its race to profit from the oceans. Now, fisheries science is in the government’s crosshairs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…...
SCRIPPS: How does El Niño impact the weather?
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (334+ words) By Lauren Fimbres Wood, Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Pacific Ocean’s El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs irregularly but can have major impacts on global temperature, weather patterns, coastal hazards, and marine ecosystems. While El Niño has often been associated with…...
EOS: Wastewater can take harmful algal blooms from bad to worse
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (407+ words) By Lisa S. Gardiner, EOS Single-celled algae within delicate glass-like needles, Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms may be tiny, but they can play a huge role in the ecosystems they occupy. “Domoic acid is rough. It’s a neurotoxin. It’s nerve damage.” When types of…...