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Water supply information provided by Sonoma Water (find more water storage info here).

North Coast Resource Partnership Quarterly Meeting

Two-day climate change event in Sonoma County, Jan. 29 and 30  
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The North Coast Resource Partnership is hosting a two-day climate change event in Sonoma County on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 29 and 30. Sponsored by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the meetings will focus on team building to solve challenges facing North Coast communities and ecosystems that make up 12% percent of the California landscape. The interactive event will feature presentations and information sharing by elected officials, North Coast Tribes, counties, agencies, non-government organizations, and other partners and interested parties. Participants can register for both days or either day. You can join the NCRP mailing list on its webpage. Link to more meeting information including agenda.

$20 Million Available to Advance Habitat Restoration Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities

NOAA is announcing the availability of $20 million in funding for projects that will advance the coastal habitat restoration and climate resilience priorities of tribes and underserved communities. This is the third and final round of this funding opportunity, which is available through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. View the full Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities funding opportunity

In addition, there are 3 other BIL funding opportunities currently open and information is provided below.

Open Habitat Restoration Funding Opportunities

• Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants (Applications due by February 10, 2025)
• Restoring Tribal Priority Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants (Applications due by February 27, 2025)
• Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants (Applications due by April 16, 2025)
• Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Tribes and Underserved Communities (Applications due by May 12, 2025)

Upcoming Diversion Measurement Qualified Individual Training Course in Davis, CA

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Cooperative Extension service will offer a Water Measurement and Reporting course on January 30, 2025. The training will cover water diversion, monitoring, and reporting, as authorized by Assembly Bill 589. The training class is designed for parties who divert (or are authorized to divert) 100 acre-feet per year or more under the Water Measurement and Reporting Regulation (SB-88) and is open for anyone else who is interested. Diverters who complete this class are recognized as Qualified Individuals for measuring their diversions. The training class is in-person and will not be available online. More information and registration

In the press:

• CA Water Plan eNews 1/8/25
• Maven's Notebook: Jan 6-10, 2025
• Maven's Notebook, weekend edition: 01/12/25

Climate:

• Associated Press: Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold, 1/10/25
• Courthouse News Service: It’s getting hot in here: Ocean temperatures reach record highs, 1/10/25
• Courthouse News Service: NOAA says La Niña ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it’s weak and may cause fewer problem, 1/9/25
• UCLA: Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally, 1/9/25
• NOAA Climate.gov: January 2025 update: La Niña is here, 1/9/25
• CNN: La Niña has arrived. Here’s what that means for the US, 1/9/25
• Associated Press: Climate change contributed to a week of wild weather that upended life in the US, 1/ 12/25
• KQED: Climate Scientists Warn of Growing Whiplash Effect on Weather Patterns, 1/9/25 “I see the last decade as a preview of what we should expect to see more of,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and UCLA. Except that “the wettest wets and the driest dries we’ve seen recently are not the wettest wets and the driest dries we will see in the coming decades.”

Other:

• CA Water Blog: California Water under a Trump Administration, Part 1 of 2, 1/12/25
• Cal Matters: Gas prices and water fights: California environment 2024 year in review, 12/31/24
• Local News Matters Bay Area: Sonoma County complies with court order to stop issuing non-emergency well permits, 12/24/24
• Mendo Fever: Redwood Valley’s water system transition: What’s Next? (a review of the 12/19/24 RVCWD Board meeting)
• PPIC: Rising to California’s Water Challenges in 2025, 1/7/25
• CA Farm Water Coalition: Full Reservoirs and Drought,
• Bureau of Reclamation: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41 Million Investment in Water Resources and Ecosystem Health, 1/7/25
• Representative Jared Huffman: Rep. Huffman Secures $3 Million for Weaver Creek Habitat Restoration Implementation - Funding comes as part of $41M investment in water resources and ecosystem health from Biden-Harris administration, 1/7/25