FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features August 21, 2019Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 4: Case studies from the Bay Delta system Maven Delta science April 25, 2019Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Dark Carbon and a Return to Abundance: How Detrital Floodplain Food Webs Can Help Recover Endangered Fish Maven Delta science March 7, 2019In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project Maven Delta scienceEcosystems February 14, 2019The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern...
CAL MATTERS: Let it flow: In about-face, state breaks and shifts levees to restore natural floodplains Cal Matters Policy and regulation December 4, 2018A growing emphasis on reconnecting California floodplains to rivers so they can absorb floodwaters is a U-turn from past reliance...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them Maven Delta science June 18, 2018How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley...
ROBIN GROSSINGER: Delta Inflows of the Past: Lessons for Connecting Landscape Elements – Hydrograph Variability and Functions from the Historical Landscape Maven Delta science July 16, 2017Robin Grossinger, Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, began by saying he felt well-set up by the first...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Chuck Bonham on going big in the Delta Maven EcosystemsFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features March 1, 2017“Water is an issue where we need to reach farther, dig deeper, and dream dreams, particularly when it comes to...
METROPOLITAN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE BAY-DELTA: Project implementation considerations for California Water Fix; Dr. Jacob Katz on managing floodplain productivity for multiple benefits Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features February 8, 2017At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members were given an overview of the...
Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features November 2, 2016Projects in the Sacramento Valley demonstrate the success of collaboration for the benefit of species This article first appeared in...
This just in … New Strategy to Improve Conditions for Delta Smelt Shows Promising Results Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife August 31, 2016Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Reverse Decline in Smelt Population From the Department of Water Resources: The initial monitoring of a...
Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features August 25, 2016Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
Saving salmon in a changing California Maven Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 17, 2015Dr. Peter Moyle lays out a six-point plan for helping salmon adapt to California’s warm future We don’t have to...
Gimme Shelter: How habitat restoration can help improve salmon resiliency to climate change Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 17, 2015Food supplies and temperature refuges are some of the ways habitat restoration can help salmon adapt to climate change, says...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here? Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features May 12, 2014 The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...
