USBR: Straining against invasion: Updated duplex strainer baskets installed alongside new UV light technology at Glen Canyon Dam to continue the fight against quagga mussels Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News February 27, 2024 48From the Bureau of the Reclamation: If left unattended, quagga mussels can cause extensive harm to a facility and the...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Managing the spread of phragmites in Suisun Marsh Maven Delta scienceScience December 14, 2023 112With many more non-native species than native species, the Delta is considered the most invaded estuary in the world. Climate...
DFW NEWS: Invasive New Zealand Mudsnails Discovered In Lake Tahoe Department of Fish and Wildlife Agency News September 21, 2023 129Anglers, Residents and Visitors Urged to Help Prevent Further Spread From the Department of Fish & Wildlife: The California Department...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: EPA agrees to protect waterways from harmful ship discharges Courthouse News Service News September 8, 2023 37The EPA must finalize its standards for vessel discharges by September 2024. By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service The Environmental...
KNOWABLE MAGAZINE: The fight against an invasive fish in California’s Clear Lake Knowable Magazine News August 10, 2023 67VIDEO: Can removing carp help the lake’s native fish and keep toxic algal blooms in check? Video by Tien Nguyen,...
FEATURE: Delta Increasingly Bogged Down with Weeds Jacoba Charles Delta scienceScience August 9, 2023 183By Jacoba Charles, Estuary News Group Aquatic plants tend to hide in plain sight, overlooked other than the occasional striking...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: EPA slammed over lax standards for ship pollution Courthouse News Service News February 6, 2023 1Environmentalists say the EPA has blown by a congressionally mandated deadline to set standards to control ship ballast pollution. By...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Advances in mapping invasive aquatic vegetation Maven Delta scienceMeetings and Events December 22, 2022 140At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed Council-funded research that will...
FEATURE: Good News on Nutria Robin Meadows News July 7, 2022 378Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...
FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNews July 6, 2022 1070Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...
ESTUARY NEWS: Living with a Novel Landscape: Suisun Evolves Estuary News Group Science June 14, 2022 11by Michael Hunter Adamson, Estuary News Group Morning at Suisun Marsh is a living watercolor with a soundtrack. Miles of...
USGS: Environmental DNA research sheds light on invasive species Maven Science March 4, 2022 8USGS Science is Refining eDNA Techniques and Developing New Applications More than 6,500 nonindigenous species are now established in the...
CCST BRIEFING: Drought in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science January 12, 2022 490What are the cascading, overlapping, and compounding events caused by drought in the Delta? In early December, the California Council...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science December 9, 2021 191Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science October 28, 2021 155The San Francisco Bay-Delta is one of the most invaded estuaries in the world, with non-native species now a large...