Managing turbidity for Delta smelt Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features March 3, 2015Metropolitan’s David Fullerton and Paul Hutton say there’s a relationship between turbidity and Delta smelt, and demonstrate that by cutting...
Yolo Bypass Symposium, Part 3: Farms, flood, fish, and fowl: Putting the puzzle together Maven Best of the NotebookDelta sciencePolicy and regulation February 20, 2015Stakeholders discuss how to integrating the multiple plans and processes in the Yolo Bypass Land use in the Yolo Bypass...
Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems February 19, 2015Restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring waterfowl populations in the Yolo Bypass; can the same happen now for fish? Plus...
Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science February 18, 2015Symposium focuses on how to integrate agriculture, wildlife, and public access on the managed floodplain In between Sacramento and Davis...
New report synthesizes what is known – and not known – about the life of a Delta smelt Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features February 5, 2015The Interagency Ecological Program releases the peer-reviewed report, An updated conceptual model of Delta smelt biology: our evolving understanding of...
Setting the agenda for science in the Delta Maven Delta sciencePolicy and regulation January 8, 2015Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee members agree to accept interim science action agenda and return in six months with a...
Dr. Tracy Collier with the Delta ISB review of the BDCP Draft EIR/S, particularly regarding reliance on habitat restoration Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectDelta science December 22, 2014The Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) completed its review of the draft EIR/EIS for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)...
Matt Nobriga: The utilization of tidal marshes by fishes of the Upper San Francisco Estuary Maven Delta science December 19, 2014At the 2014 Bay Delta Science Conference, Matt Nobriga, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gave...
Dr. Peter Moyle: Novel Ecosystems of the Suisun Marsh and the Delta – A New Reality Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems December 18, 2014The Delta of our modern times bears little resemblance to its historical self, a mix of native and non-native species...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal now available Maven Delta science December 18, 2014The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: Dispersion...
Environmental Data Summit: Accessing information that informs decision making Maven Delta science December 17, 2014Data, believe it or not, are critical in our lives and influence a broad range of decisions from personal through...
Chris Enright: Direct and Indirect Effects of Large-Scale Restoration and Implications for Science and Management Maven Delta scienceEcosystems December 3, 2014Chris Enright began by saying that the title was quite a large topic, so he would be concentrating on physical...
Bruce Herbold: The Value of Wetlands to Fish Maven Delta scienceEcosystems December 2, 2014Bruce Herbold began by telling a personal story. “I have some friends in Austria, and the dearest of them, her...
Ecosystem Modeling to Support Adaptive Management – Lessons from 40 years of Decision Support for the Great Lakes Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science November 25, 2014Managing large interconnected systems of water bodies presents complex challenges, and model simulations are an essential tool. For many years,...
Delta science vision: Sustainable data integration for the Delta Maven Delta science November 20, 2014In June of 2014, the Delta Science Program hosted an Environmental Data Summit, which brought together scientists, managers, and experts...
