NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fire and water: How cultural burns boost streamflows Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features January 16, 2025 348By Robin Meadows On a mild November day in California’s Sacramento Valley, Diana Almendariz ignites a clump of dry grass...
DELTA COUNCIL: Tackling Delta CHABs: A community-driven monitoring strategy Maven Delta science January 8, 2025 177Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (CHABs) have long been a persistent water quality issue in the Delta, affecting ecosystems and public...
DELTA SCIENCE PLAN update: Crafting solutions for the Delta’s ‘Grand Challenges’ Maven Delta science January 7, 2025 182Join the Discussion: A 2-Day workshop in February to shape the 2025 Delta Science Plan The Delta Science Program is...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Seizing a rare chance to keep tidal marsh ahead of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 17, 2024 458By Robin Meadows The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which hugs the northern arc of the San Francisco Bay,...
BERKELEY LAB: Sequencing the mysterious microbes of the San Francisco Estuary Berkeley Lab Delta science December 17, 2024 199By decoding the genomes of microbes found in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, researcher Lauren Lui aims to fill in...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Save the peat, save the planet, save the Delta? John Hart Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 16, 2024 371By John Hart, Estuary News In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an invisible fire is burning. Peat soils, laid down...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: The longfin smelt joins the celebrated ranks of the federal ESA – but can it recover? Alastair Bland Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 10, 2024 459By Alastair Bland Federal wildlife officials formally listed the San Francisco Estuary longfin smelt as an endangered species in July....
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: The impacts of non-native fish on salmon populations in the San Joaquin River Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 9, 2024 417“What data we have suggests that the predation is a huge factor that will probably preclude any recovery of salmonids...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The economic and environmental imperatives of Delta levees Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 20, 2024 197Flood risk is one of the most pressing threats to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta’s 1,100 miles of levees...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How floating wetlands could transform restoration in California’s Delta Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features November 13, 2024 2108Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....
EPA: How EPA scientists use fish eDNA to assess estuarine health US Environmental Protection Agency Delta scienceScience November 8, 2024 870By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features September 30, 2024 528Current water policies in the Delta encourage “shifting baselines” that gradually degrade ecosystems. But ongoing work on the Klamath River...
NOAA FISHERIES: West Coast chinook salmon get a new genetic reference database NOAA Fisheries Delta scienceScience September 27, 2024 178Upgraded research tool allows scientists to pinpoint the origin of individual salmon. From the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: We are still here: Partnering with Tribes on the Delta Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 28, 2024 552By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Trying yet again for fish friendlier exports from the Delta Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 12, 2024 824A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area,...