Bay Delta Science Conference: The Delta Science Plan and the Interim Science Action Agenda Maven Delta science November 18, 2014 363The Delta Science Plan was completed in 2013 and serves as our framework for building the vision of ‘One Delta,...
Dr. Stephen Brandt: Habitat quality: A fish’s perspective Maven Delta science November 14, 2014 414The 8th Biennial Bay Delta Science Conference brought together over a thousand scientists, managers, and policy makers to Sacramento to...
Delta Stewardship Council Chair Randy Fiorini on Actionable Science in the Delta Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 13, 2014 357As Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council, Randy Fiorini heads the agency that is charged with developing and implementing a...
Dr. Peter Goodwin: Six things the Delta science community has learned in the last two years Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science November 12, 2014 928Dr. Peter Goodwin is an internationally recognized expert in ecohydraulics, ecosystem restoration, and the enhancement of river, wetland and estuarine...
Terraforming California 2.0: Dr. Anke Mueller-Solger on collaborating and cooperating in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features November 11, 2014 814Dr. Anke Mueller-Solger is the Associate Director for Projects at the U.S. Geological Survey. Prior to joining the USGS last...
Deputy Secretary Michael Connor opens Bay Delta Science Conference: ‘Policy making and scientific research must advance hand in hand with each other’ Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 10, 2014 280The 8th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held October 28 through 30th, 2014 in Sacramento, brought together over 1000 scientists, managers...
The Connections, Resiliency, and Management of Flows in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceScience October 29, 2014 419At the end of September, the Friends of the San Francisco Estuary held a conference titled “Bay + Delta +...
Delta smelt, Alameda song sparrows, and the climate change vulnerability of Bay Area’s freshwater fish species in the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science journal Maven Delta science September 25, 2014 162In this issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: Diet, Prey Selection, and Body Condition of Age-0 Delta...
Groundwater pumping and subsidence in the Central Valley Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features September 24, 2014 12251It’s been called the largest alteration of the earth’s surface. In the San Joaquin Valley, since the 1920s, farmers have...
The importance of upper watershed management to California’s water supply Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science August 27, 2014 2241With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and...
Drought: An insidious stress on wildlife Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science August 20, 2014 749The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought...
Salinity management in the Delta during times of drought Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 13, 2014 2743At the July 25th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard a presentation on the challenges of managing...
Independent science panels present findings to the Delta Stewardship Council from Delta flows workshops Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features August 6, 2014 570At the July 25 meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the council members heard an informational update on two independent...
Metropolitan Bay-Delta Committee hears a science update on the longfin smelt Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science July 30, 2014 303At the July 22 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, David Fullerton, Principal Resource Manager, discussed...
Phil Isenberg, Jerry Meral, and Michael Dettinger/Daniel Cayan on the drought and the Delta, and more in the latest issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal Maven Delta science July 1, 2014 342The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal is now available online. Besides the expected fare...