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BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

October 14, 2021 91

The Montezuma Wetlands Project is a multi-phase restoration project that uses dredged sediment to raise elevations in diked, subsided baylands...

FEATURE: Agricultural Pesticides Accumulate in Fish Prey Species in the Delta

Elyse De Franco

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October 12, 2021 85

Written by Elyse DeFranco The toxic effects of insecticides sprayed on Delta farmlands don’t stop at the pests they seek...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Adapts: Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change

Maven

Science on the Notebook

October 7, 2021 98

The loss of most ecosystems in the Bay-Delta has heavily compromised the functioning of the remnant ecosystems, which are anticipated...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Flood Risk Under Climate Change: Key Findings from the Delta Adapts Flood Risk Analysis

Maven

Science on the Notebook

September 30, 2021 104

The Delta Stewardship Council, with the assistance of partner agencies and consultant AECOM, developed a climate change vulnerability assessment for...

FEATURE: During Drought, Massive Rock Wall Spanning Delta Channel Wards off the Salty Sea

Nate Seltenrich

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September 22, 2021 144

Written by Nate Seltenrich, Estuary News Group The creeks are desert-dry, the reservoirs are frighteningly low, and now 150,000 tons...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Insights into the life history and habitat use of historical salmon in the Bay-Delta Watershed

Maven

Science on the Notebook

September 16, 2021 172

Chinook salmon have long thrived in California’s variable climate, including prolonged drought periods, by utilizing the historical Delta’s vast habitat...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Water management and riparian forests; Primary production in the Delta; The “SmeltCam”; Predicting ecosystem change; Delta salinity; Dr. Ted Sommer retires

Maven

Science on the Notebook

September 9, 2021 122

This issue dives into current uncertainties and innovations in Estuary science and features research from the latest issue of San...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Exports & Outflows: Recalibrating Water Year Types in a Changing Climate

Maven

Science on the Notebook

August 12, 2021 205

The Sacramento and San Joaquin water-year type indices are fundamental to the State Water Project and Central Valley Project operations...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Space Jam: A spatially explicit history of estuary fish species

Maven

Science on the Notebook

August 5, 2021 173

The San Francisco Estuary is a dynamic and highly altered system that has experienced many changes since its widespread colonization...

SCIENCE FEATURE: Tracking Sturgeon in the San Francisco Estuary

Nate Seltenrich

Science on the Notebook

August 4, 2021 148

By Nate Seltenrich White sturgeon may not typically be considered “charismatic megafauna,” but Veronica Larwood thinks they deserve the recognition....

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Loss, and Potential Recovery of Primary Production from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 29, 2021 237

Landscape transformation in the Delta has far-reaching implications, including the loss of primary production that forms the basis for the...

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

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 22, 2021 185

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 159

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 423

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 142

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

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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: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

FEATURE: Agricultural Pesticides Accumulate in Fish Prey Species in the Delta

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Adapts: Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Delta Flood Risk Under Climate Change: Key Findings from the Delta Adapts Flood Risk Analysis

FEATURE: During Drought, Massive Rock Wall Spanning Delta Channel Wards off the Salty Sea

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Insights into the life history and habitat use of historical salmon in the Bay-Delta Watershed

ESTUARY PEARLS: Water management and riparian forests; Primary production in the Delta; The “SmeltCam”; Predicting ecosystem change; Delta salinity; Dr. Ted Sommer retires

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Exports & Outflows: Recalibrating Water Year Types in a Changing Climate

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Space Jam: A spatially explicit history of estuary fish species

SCIENCE FEATURE: Tracking Sturgeon in the San Francisco Estuary

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Loss, and Potential Recovery of Primary Production from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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

NOTICE: Curtailment of Diversions in Mill Creek and Deer Creek: Effective Today, October 15, 2021

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 CWEMF Annual Meeting: Call for Sessions, Oral Presentations, Posters & Pop-Up Talks

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct. 10-15: Groundwater rights and water markets; Tidal restoration in the Delta, plus all the top water news of the week

NOTICE: Curtailment of Diversions in Mill Creek and Deer Creek: Effective Today, October 15, 2021

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 CWEMF Annual Meeting: Call for Sessions, Oral Presentations, Posters & Pop-Up Talks