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A Legal Guide to the Public’s Rights to Access and Use of California’s Navigable Waters
A Legal Guide to the Public’s Rights to Access and Use of California’s Navigable Waters
California State Lands Commission | November 20, 2017...SummaryIn California, members of the public have rights to access and use navigable waters for many beneficial uses, including, but not limited to navigation, fishing, and recreation. These public rights are expressed in federal law, California’s Act of...
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A Survey of Efforts to Achieve Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California
A Survey of Efforts to Achieve Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California
Pacific Institute | April 12, 2018...SummaryIn 2010, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 64/292, which declared that “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation [is] a human...
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A Synthesis of Aquatic Science for Management of Lakes Mead and Mohave
A Synthesis of Aquatic Science for Management of Lakes Mead and Mohave
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | January 29, 2013...SummaryLakes Mead and Mohave, which are the centerpieces of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, provide many significant benefits that have made the modern...
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Advancing One Water Through Arts and Culture: A Blueprint for Action
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U.S. Water Alliance | June 26, 2018...SummaryNo matter who we are, where we live, or what we do, water is essential to our lives. It is life’s most precious...
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Assessing and communicating the impacts of climate change on the Southern California coast
Assessing and communicating the impacts of climate change on the Southern California coast
California Natural Resources Agency | August 27, 2018...SummaryOver the course of this and the next century, the combination of rising sea levels, severe storms, and coastal erosion will threaten the...
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Broadening understandings of drought: the climate vulnerability of farmworkers and rural communities in California (USA)
Broadening understandings of drought: the climate vulnerability of farmworkers and rural communities in California (USA)
Environmental Science and Policy, Elsevier | November 1, 2018...SummaryThe vulnerability of food and agricultural systems to climate variability and change is extensively studied. However, the vulnerability of agricultural labor is largely ignored...
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California against the sea
California against the sea
Los Angeles Times | July 7, 2019...SummaryTHE CALIFORNIA COAST GREW AND PROSPERED during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest. But the mighty Pacific,...
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California’s Future
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Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | January 18, 2018...SummaryWater management in California has always been challenging. The state’s variable climate is marked by long droughts and severe floods, with stark regional...
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Challenges Facing the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta: Complex, Chaotic, or Simply Cantankerous?
Challenges Facing the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta: Complex, Chaotic, or Simply Cantankerous?
University of California at Davis (UC Davis) | September 17, 2015...SummaryFreshwater is a scarce and precious resource in California; its overall value is being made clear by the current severe drought. The Sacramento–San...
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Changes in water consumption linked to heavy news media coverage of extreme climatic events
Changes in water consumption linked to heavy news media coverage of extreme climatic events
Science Magazine, American Association for the Advancement of Science | October 25, 2017...SummaryPublic awareness of water- and drought-related issues is an important yet relatively unexplored component of water use behavior. To examine this relationship, we...
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