By NOAA Fisheries Juvenile salmon grow strong where water slows down and weaves across floodplains, with lush vegetation that provides refuge and fosters food for their journey to the ocean. The problem for the salmon is that much of the...
Habitat restoration projects in the Delta have become increasingly important as our understanding of their role in supporting native aquatic and providing flood protection deepens. As such, several state agencies and initiatives have set goals for restoration in the Delta,...
By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona and Brent Haddad, University of California, Santa Cruz The Salton Sea spreads across a remote valley in California’s lower Colorado Desert, 40 miles (65 kilometers) from the Mexican border. For birds migrating along the...
Study sets the baseline for meeting the Delta Plan’s ecosystem restoration targets The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Stewardship Council and directed the Council to develop the Delta Plan, a comprehensive, long-term, legally enforceable plan to guide...
Faced with a warming climate, lawmakers must update a 1992 federal law that established water and wildlife regulations for the Central Valley. Commentary by Congressman Jared Huffman and former Congressman George Miller Thirty years ago, President George H.W. Bush signed...
