Science on the Notebook – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ESTUARY PEARLS: Bay-Delta research from the most recent issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Plus: Can otters thrive in San Francisco Bay?

February 26, 2021 58

North America’s largest and most ancient freshwater fish species, white sturgeon, hang out in some kinds of Estuary waterways more...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

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Science on the Notebook

February 4, 2021 181

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...

DELTA ISB: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: an overview

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Best of the Notebook

January 20, 2021 210

Water supply reliability. It’s half of the co-equal goals of “providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting,...

DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta foodweb

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Best of the Notebook

January 14, 2021 143

The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources

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Science on the Notebook

January 7, 2021 198

Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at...

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

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Science on the Notebook

November 6, 2020 127

At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen began the Delta Lead Scientist report by spotlighting...

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

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Science on the Notebook

October 14, 2020 541

Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model...

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

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Science on the Notebook

October 8, 2020 231

Dr. Laurel Larsen officially started September 1st as the new Delta Lead Scientist; however, she is finishing up a sabbatical...

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

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Guest blogger

September 23, 2020 234

By Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen “My first exposure to the story of water in California came through a...

HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On

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September 10, 2020 182

The Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB) is a 10-member board comprised of prominent scientists from different disciplines across...

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

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Meetings

September 3, 2020 499

California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least...

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

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Meetings

July 30, 2020 229

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated the Council on...

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

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Meetings

July 29, 2020 285

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Delta Stewardship Council established the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPIIC) after the adoption of the Delta Plan...

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

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July 15, 2020 204

Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states,...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

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Science on the Notebook

July 9, 2020 101

Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states,...

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FEATURE: The What, Why, and How of Groundwater Modeling

DELTA ISB: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: an overview

DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta foodweb

SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers

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ESTUARY PEARLS: Bay-Delta research from the most recent issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Plus: Can otters thrive in San Francisco Bay?

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

DELTA ISB: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: an overview

DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta foodweb

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources

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

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

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for March 1

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Santa Barbara County debates selling state water outside the county; Toxic water in East Orosi; EPA abandons plan to appeal to salt pond ruling; Delta National Heritage Area expands; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for March 1