The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...
The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans gain from the natural environment – things such as food, water, wood, fish, and wildlife. While the concept of ecosystem services has been around for decades, it was the Millennium...
Second part of a three part series investigating ecosystem services and what it means for science in the Delta Ecosystems...
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural environment and from properly-functioning ecosystems...
At the May 21st meeting of the State Water Board, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated Board members of ongoing science efforts in the Delta. In his update, Dr. Callaway discussed the advisory panel report on biological goals, the results...
The June issue of Estuary News is now available online. This issue explores the rainbow flavors of infrastructure — green,...
In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science journal: ESSAY Ten Essential Bay‒Delta Articles Ted Sommer, J....
Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to environmental management in the face of uncertainty because the approach provides a way to build science and learning into management...
Panel of Delta project managers discuss how they apply adaptive management in their projects Adaptive management is defined in the...
Presentations highlight structured decision making, collective action on invasive species, and a scoring system for restoration projects Adaptive management is...
Panelists discuss what adaptive management is in a practical sense and how it can effectively be implemented in the Delta Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to environmental management in the face of uncertainty because the approach...
In this issue: Clarifying Effects of Environmental Protections on Freshwater Flows to—and Water Exports from—the San Francisco Bay Estuary: Gregory...
Studies show fall water temperatures may play more of a role in Delta smelt survival than flow augmentation Managing freshwater...
In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish and wildlife. A major driver of this wildlife abundance was terrestrial carbon made available to aquatic food webs when floodplains...