Dec 17, 2015 - The December 2015 issue of ESTUARY News is posted. A main feature of this issue is âState of the Estuar
Thursday December 17, 2015 This electronic newsletter is designed to keep you current on issues affecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Council posts materials for December 17 meeting
The Delta Stewardship Council (Council) has posted all the materials for the December 17 meeting. Also, the Council has posted two reports from the November 19 meeting: a staff report on Single-Year Water Transfers and the Delta Plan and the Delta Independent Science Board Report: Flows and Fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Research Needs in Support of Adaptive Management.
San Francisco Estuary The December 2015 issue of San Francisco Estuary is now C A L I F Oand R NWatershed I A N A T and U RWatershed A L R Science E S O U R C posted. E S Articles A G E are: N C Y • Sturgeon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Science is posted Watershed: New Insights to Support Conservation and Management.
• Riverine Nutrient Trends in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Basins, California: A Comparison to State and Regional Water Quality Policies. • You Can’t Unscramble an Egg: Population Genetic Structure of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the California Central Valley Inferred from Combined Microsatellite and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data. • Distribution and Habitat Associations of California Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis cortuniculus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
SWRCB order protects fish, Delta salinity, and public health, safety
CVRWQCB Delta RMP Steering Committee will meet December issue of ESTUARY News is posted
The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has approved an order that largely upholds protections for municipal water supplies and fisheries put in place earlier this year. The order intends to ensure that catastrophic fisheries declines do not continue, salinity control is maintained in the Delta, and that adequate minimal supplies for health and safety purposes are preserved. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) Delta Regional Monitoring Program (Delta RMP) Steering Committee will meet December 18 in Rancho Cordova. Agenda, meeting materials, and WebEx access information are here. Meeting location map is here. The December 2015 issue of ESTUARY News is posted. A main feature of this issue is “State of the Estuary 2015 – 33 Indicators of Health.”
There will be no Delta eNews for two weeks. The next edition will be January 7. Happy Holidays!
