CDFW NEWS: Improved passage lets threatened sturgeon, salmon and other species return to spawn in Sacramento River Department of Fish and Wildlife Delta scienceEcosystemsScience June 7, 2023Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food Maven Delta scienceScience June 7, 2023The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sturgeon Arose During the Jurassic—Can They Survive the Anthropocene? Robin Meadows Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesScience May 31, 2023Written by Robin Meadows Sturgeon have been around far longer than humans—a jaw-dropping 200 million years to our comparatively short...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: New study looks at stressors that impact presence or absence of Delta smelt Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsScience May 25, 2023At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted a study funded by...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Voluntary Agreements Could Make the Delta a Better Place for Fish—Provided They’re Done Properly Robin Meadows Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features May 23, 2023By Robin Meadows The State Water Resources Control Board, which both allocates surface water rights and protects water quality for...
FEATURE: Ecosystem Restoration Progress Review for the Delta and Suisun Marsh Maven Delta sciencePolicy and regulationScience May 10, 2023The Delta and Suisun Marsh are among the most important ecosystems in the state, providing vital habitat for a variety...
USBR NEWS: Reclamation takes advantage of full Shasta reservoir to release flows for migrating salmon Bureau of Reclamation News Delta scienceEcosystems May 8, 2023Scientists aim to increase their data set from spring pulse flows By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Prior to the...
SCIENCE FEATURE: Structured Decision Making for Delta Smelt Habitat: Synthesizing Multiple Streams of IEP Data to Inform Management Maven Delta scienceScience May 4, 2023Our native species face numerous threats, including climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species. Therefore, effective management strategies must be...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Sea level rise and the Delta’s wetlands Maven Climate changeDelta scienceScience April 6, 2023This article has been updated to reflect feedback from the study’s authors. Wetlands an ‘important battle partner’ in managing sea...
CDFW Testing ‘Parentage-Based Tagging’ of Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Department of Fish and Wildlife Delta scienceEcosystems March 16, 2023By the Department of Fish & Wildlife: Under cover of darkness and with a series of cold, late-winter storms building,...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Implementing equity in water management; Upcoming modeling workshop; 2022 State of Bay-Delta Science; and more … Maven Delta scienceScience February 16, 2023At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen’s article spotlight report focused on...
NOW AVAILABLE: The State of Bay Delta Science 2022: primary production, invasive aquatic vegetation, remote sensing, harmful algal blooms, carbon sequestration, and more … Maven Delta scienceScience February 9, 2023The State of Bay-Delta Science (SBDS) is a collection of papers that represents the state of scientific knowledge on relevant...
California Environmental Flows Framework: The Ways Good Science Gets Watered Down Maven Delta science January 14, 2023By Paul Stanton Kibel In the field of natural resources policy, there is a longstanding tendency for good science to...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Advances in mapping invasive aquatic vegetation Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 22, 2022At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed Council-funded research that will...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: The role of water quality in salmon predation Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesScienceWater quality December 6, 2022At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen spotlighted research funded by the Council...
