This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Summaries and materials from two Update 2018 meetings posted online
• EPA releases updated report on the country’s climate change indicators
• CAL FIRE taking comments on guidelines for grants to improve forest health
• Conference will focus on implementation and legal implications of SGMA
• Water in the West provides a framework for developing groundwater models
• S. soil management addressed in report from national science council

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Draft report on water conservation objectives posted online, webinar scheduled
• Drought status and weather forecast to be part of webinar this week
• New drought hub provides resources for ranchers and land managers
• Groundwater findings from Sierra meadow project to be presented during webinar
• Workshop on Delta Conservation Framework set for tomorrow
• Sustainable communities program to be reviewed during growth council workshops

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• DWR receives $14.5 million grant to fund habitat project for the Salton Sea
• Alternatives to groundwater sustainability plans will be covered by DWR webinar
• Updated information posted on California’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts
• CAL FIRE webinar to provide information on grant requirements and eligibility
• Next Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable meeting set for Washington, DC
• Latest edition of the National Water Monitoring News posted online
• Summit promotes the use of public-private partnerships to complete water projects

At its November 18, 2016 meeting, the Regional Water Management Group adopted the Final Upper Feather River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, which is compliant with 2016 Proposition 1 IRWM Standards!

The Plan is available for download here.

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Water reliability goal to be discussed at next month’s California Economic Summit
• Symposium will cover the ways California is addressing climate change
• Forest service releases scientific information related to resource management
• Annual law symposium will take a look at the situation in the Delta
• Scientific papers and earthquake hazards on agenda for DSC
• Stockton to host California rangeland summit early next year

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT AN

INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Upper Feather River Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) intends to adopt an update to the Upper Feather River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWM Plan) at its November 18, 2016 meeting. The meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Plumas County Planning Department Conference Room, 555 Main Street, Quincy, California.

The IRWM Plan is a planning document that includes input from many stakeholders to improve water resources management in the Upper Feather River IRWM Region. The IRWM Plan identifies projects that provide multiple benefits for water supply, water quality, disadvantaged communities, environmental resources, and forest and range health. The updated IRWM Plan was prepared in accordance with the State of California Department of Water Resources IRWM Guidelines.

Additional information on the RWMG and a draft copy of the updated IRWM Plan can be found at http://featherriver.org/ufr-irwm-plan/. A copy of the IRWM Plan is also available at the office of the Plumas County Planning Department, 555 Main Street, Quincy, California for public review.

For more information on the IRWM Plan, please contact ufr.contact@gmail.com or Randy Wilson at (530) 283-6214.

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Water commission will look at proposed regulations during tomorrow’s meeting
• Salinity summit for Southern California water agencies set for next week
• Solutions linking data and decisions will be the focus of Bay-Delta Science Conference
• Delta Plan committee set to receive updates on workshop, conservation framework
• DWR’s Climate News Digest provides link to new EPA portal
• Stormwater seminar offers details on college campus runoff project

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Financial worksheet for Update 2018 can be filled out and submitted online
• White House council initiates water data challenge for California
• California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply report assesses the Water Action Plan
• Conservancy to host webinar on sea-level rise along the California coast
• New volume on flood and drought management available for download
• Agricultural water and energy survey will be used to improve irrigation schedules
• Summit will look to develop a vision for water stewardship in California

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Materials from two of Tuesday’s Update 2018 meetings posted online
• The cost of future water sources detailed in report from the CPUC
• Meetings will focus on best management practices for groundwater basins
• New calculator available for 2016 Water-Energy Grant Program, deadline extended
• Climate change adaptation added to draft safety element of General Plan Guidelines
• Researchers to share findings on effects of sea-level rise on Pacific coast marshes
• Updated agenda posted for next month’s conservation districts conference

This week’s California Water Plan eNews includes:

• Updated agendas posted for next week’s California Water Plan Update 2018 meetings
• Wikipedia adds article on history, development of the California Water Plan
• Management of State Water Project detailed in release of annual report from DWR
• DWR posts final groundwater basin boundary modifications
• California’s water management challenges outlined in PPIC report
• Israeli innovation center offers possible solutions to California water problems