At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of temperature in the Delta. Dr. Larsen began by noting that the weather has been hot, resulting in fish being trucked...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as possible away from urban areas and ultimately into waterways to protect public safety and property. Consequently, stormwater was considered a...
A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any modern laboratory. Industry reps see exploding costs while environmentalists see a victory — mostly. By Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the first nutria caught in a duck club pond near Los Banos in 2017, he had never even heard of these...
Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation: When the flood protection plan for Sacramento was conceived and constructed, the aim was to divert Sacramento River flood flows...
