Science on the Notebook

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Delta fish surveys, A busy month for workshops, Delta science proposal solicitation, and call for abstracts for the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference

Maven

November 6, 2020

108

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

Maven

October 14, 2020

505

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Overview of paper on the 2012-2016 drought in the Delta

Maven

October 8, 2020

222

SCIENCE IN SHORT PODCAST: How fish interact with wetland topography

Maven

September 27, 2020

208

GUEST COMMENTARY: From “Wicked” to “Complex”: A New Lead Scientist’s Outlook on Growing Our Understanding of Delta Science

Maven

September 23, 2020

227

HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On

Maven

September 10, 2020

165

The Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB) is a 10-member board comprised of prominent scientists from different disciplines across the nation. As mandated by the 2009 Delta Reform Act, the Delta ISB p... Read More...

ECO RESTORE UPDATE: Five years in, program makes big gains on Delta habitat restoration

Maven

September 3, 2020

427

California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least 30,000 acres of critical habitat restoration in the Delta and Suisun Marsh by ... Read More...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: New research papers focus on habitat, flow, predation

Maven

July 30, 2020

221

At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated the Council on the latest scientific developments, discussing three papers that highlight the multi-faceted approach that is needed to address the Delta's ec... Read More...

DPIIC: The CVPIA and the state’s Incidental Take Permit: Ecosystem-based Management in the Delta

Maven

July 29, 2020

268

The Delta Stewardship Council established the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPIIC) after the adoption of the Delta Plan in 2013. The Committee is comprised of high-ranking members of 18 ... Read More...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

Maven

July 15, 2020

195

Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states, including Puerto Rico and Guam. For over 50 years, Sea Grant has supported co... Read More...

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

Maven

June 25, 2020

333

Jennifer Pierre, Paul Souza, and Campbell Ingram discuss what their needs are for managing the Delta into the future: Will this be the decade of flow? The Delta is changing much faster than we can respond to,... Read More...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

Maven

June 11, 2020

133

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council based on a recommendation from the Delta Independent Science Board. As part of the process... Read More...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

Maven

June 4, 2020

145

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

Maven

June 2, 2020

234

Conditions in the Delta are changing at a rapid pace and the future is likely to look very different than the present as climate change, sea level rise, a growing population, earthquakes and major flooding, new invasive species, increasing water supply diversi... Read More...

DR. LAUREL LARSEN: Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science

Maven

May 7, 2020

350

The USGS and Delta Stewardship Council have been recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council after consultation with the Delta Independent Science Board. As part of the process, ea... Read More...

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

Maven

March 12, 2020

447

The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly with the Delta Stewardship Council and other partner agencies. The position is secured through a mu... Read More...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Science and adaptive management in action; Integrating past and future monitoring

Maven

March 5, 2020

483

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the West Coast. When complete, the Project will restore 15,100 acres of industrial salt ponds to a rich mosaic of tidal wetlands and other habitats. The Project is... Read More...

Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought?

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Delta fish surveys, A busy month for workshops, Delta science proposal solicitation, and call for abstracts for the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Overview of paper on the 2012-2016 drought in the Delta

SCIENCE IN SHORT PODCAST: How fish interact with wetland topography

GUEST COMMENTARY: From “Wicked” to “Complex”: A New Lead Scientist’s Outlook on Growing Our Understanding of Delta Science

HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On

ECO RESTORE UPDATE: Five years in, program makes big gains on Delta habitat restoration

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: New research papers focus on habitat, flow, predation

DPIIC: The CVPIA and the state’s Incidental Take Permit: Ecosystem-based Management in the Delta

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

DR. LAUREL LARSEN: Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Science and adaptive management in action; Integrating past and future monitoring