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BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

July 22, 2021 102

The Delta pelagic food web no longer adequately supports native species, and developing management strategies for foodweb support and habitat...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Suisun Marsh: On the edge of resilience in an era of rapid change

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 15, 2021 70

Dr. John Durand is a senior scientist at UC Davis who, along with his colleagues, Teejay O’Rear and Dr. Peter...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: From California’s Water Wars to America’s Culture Wars: A Media Analysis of the Delta Smelt Controversy

Maven

Conferences and Seminars

July 8, 2021 351

In recent decades Americans’ attitudes about environmental issues have become polarized along partisan lines. Yet, while significant research demonstrates this...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Governing multiple forms of connectivity in the Bay-Delta

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 1, 2021 141

Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Primary production in the Delta

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Science on the Notebook

June 29, 2021 155

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent research on the...

FEATURE: Farming For Carbon, Wildlife and Profit

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Science on the Notebook

June 24, 2021 193

By Sierra Garcia, Estuary News On the San Joaquin Delta’s Staten Island, where the Mokelumne River snugly encircles miles of...

DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

Maven

Best of the Notebook

June 17, 2021 141

What if we could predict changes to ecosystems in the same way we can predict the weather? An emerging field...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume

Maven

Science on the Notebook

June 3, 2021 163

This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Bay Delta Hydrology 101

Maven

Best of the Notebook

May 26, 2021 375

X2, OMR, Gates, Barriers, and more: Dr. Ted Sommer sorts out the hydrodynamics of the Delta At the 2021 Bay-Delta...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Climate change takeaways from the Bay Delta Science Program

Maven

Science on the Notebook

May 3, 2021 82

The impact of climate change on flood risk in the Delta varies by location, which means the fixes will...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Ecological metrics for conservation planning and monitoring, Delta Lead Scientist office hours, and more …

Maven

Science on the Notebook

April 29, 2021 94

At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen spotlighted a research article that studied...

ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more

Maven

Science on the Notebook

April 29, 2021 91

ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity

Maven

Science on the Notebook

April 26, 2021 83

Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon

Maven

Science on the Notebook

April 22, 2021 86

“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...

DELTA ISB: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta (and elsewhere)

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Best of the Notebook

April 14, 2021 425

Harmful algal blooms (or HABs) occur when colonies of algae, under the right conditions, grow out of control and produce...

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DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

FEATURE: Salinity Management: Putting Southern California’s water supply on a low sodium diet

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: Two perspectives on the State Water Board report, Recommendations for an Effective Water Rights Response to Climate Change

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Bay Delta Hydrology 101

CA WATER COMMISSION: Advancing Flood-MAR: What are the possibilities?

CA WATER COMMISSION: Conveyance and water rights; Considerations for conveyance across the Delta

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BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Suisun Marsh: On the edge of resilience in an era of rapid change

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: From California’s Water Wars to America’s Culture Wars: A Media Analysis of the Delta Smelt Controversy

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Governing multiple forms of connectivity in the Bay-Delta

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Primary production in the Delta

FEATURE: Farming For Carbon, Wildlife and Profit

DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Bay Delta Hydrology 101

ESTUARY PEARLS: Climate change takeaways from the Bay Delta Science Program

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Ecological metrics for conservation planning and monitoring, Delta Lead Scientist office hours, and more …

ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more

ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity

ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon

DELTA ISB: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta (and elsewhere)

DAILY DIGEST, 7/22: The Delta an oasis amid arid farmland; San Joaquin salmon program watching for possible call on Millerton water; Valadao water amendments to appropriations bill nixed by Democrats; Tahoe likely to drop below rim in 3 months; and more …

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conservancy update: Analysis of juvenile salmonid habitat in the Delta

DAILY DIGEST, 7/22: The Delta an oasis amid arid farmland; San Joaquin salmon program watching for possible call on Millerton water; Valadao water amendments to appropriations bill nixed by Democrats; Tahoe likely to drop below rim in 3 months; and more …

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat