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HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in? by Caitlin Ochs, High Country News  On the day of a Nov. 11 federal deadline ...

Today is the federal deadline for states to submit a water management plan for the Colorado River, and negotiations remain deadlocked. Without agreement, it is unclear how the river will be managed after the fall of 2026. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/11/h...

Organizing for and with solidarity works.

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Ah, but it “can’t”/won’t pay for lying about 8,400 tons of toxic emissions.

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Book banning. Don’t read, don’t speak, and especially, don’t think.

Not just banning books! Banning words too!

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91 Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak | Substack Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks. Click to read Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shaf...

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Up next. #booksky #107Days 💙

YouTube video by nationalgalleries Andy Goldsworthy | Fifty Years

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#environmentalart

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent”. ~ Isaac Asimov.
#booksky #scifi

As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday The rally comes as lawmakers Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) want a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to release Epstein files.

As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.

Museum of Color – Stephanie Kryzwonos From ochre to lapis lazuli, Stephanie Krzywonos opens a door into the entangled histories of our most iconic pigments, revealing how colors hold stories of both lightness and darkness.

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Next up: The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger. #indiebookstores #booksky

Wow! Congrats to Michael Chabon. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is one of my all time favorite books! If you are in NYC go see this.

Improving Recharge Outcomes and Soil Health: Combining Cover Cropping and On-Farm Recharge in California Pistachio Orchards | Sustainable Conservation What if we could make OFR even better? What if we could enhance water infiltration, reduce nutrient leaching, and improve soil health all at the same time? That's exactly what we're exploring through ...

Improving Recharge Outcomes and Soil Health: Combining Cover Cropping and On-Farm Recharge in California Pistachio Orchards #cawater @susconca.bsky.social suscon.org/blog/2025/08...

Is anyone actually surprised that Stephen Miller doesn’t understand simple math?

If you haven't figured it out, Trump is seeking an arctic partnership with Russia, in order for Russia to declare total control of the region and its resources, Canada, Greenland, and Nordic Europe (all in NATO) need to be taken out. Trump's invasion threats make more sense if you piece it together.

Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—

Subtitle of the article is misleading.

SJV WATER: State zeroes in on the sinking San Joaquin Valley By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released by the Department of Water ...

State zeroes in on the sinking San Joaquin Valley #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/26/s...

“Monsters rule over us on behalf of monsters.”

REACTIONS: Governor Newsom, State agencies, Voluntary agreement participants, Salmon groups, and other stakeholders react to Bay Delta Plan update The State Water Board has proposed updates to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento-Delta region of the Bay Delta. This marks the start of a public review and comment period. The updates o...

Governor Newsom, State agencies, Voluntary agreement participants, Salmon groups, and other stakeholders react to Bay Delta Plan update #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/25/r...

Sacramento/Delta environmental protections.

Lake Powell could be too low to produce hydropower by 2026 The nation’s second largest reservoir is only about 30% full. If it drops much more, it could go below the hydropower turbines inside Glen Canyon Dam.

Lake Powell could be too low to produce hydropower by 2026 #cawater www.kjzz.org/politics/202...

THE CONVERSATION: One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires By Boluwatife S. Olubusoye, University of Mississippi and James V Cizdziel, University of Mississippi Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost...

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/22/t...

California Forever. 👎

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Suisun Marsh, a zone of potential in sinking ecosystem By John Hart Every few years, it seems, we remember Suisun Marsh. Not that this unique middle chamber of the San Francisco Estuary is ever forgotten; it’s just that, like a relatively quiet child in a...

Suisun Marsh, a zone of potential in sinking ecosystem #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/15/n...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways Facilitated migration of salmon is a practical, science-backed solution that benefits wildlife and people.

Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/07/15/u...