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...
Bay Delta Science Conference: The Delta Science Plan and the Interim Science Action Agenda Maven Delta science November 18, 2014The Delta Science Plan was completed in 2013 and serves as our framework for building the vision of ‘One Delta,...
Delta Stewardship Council Chair Randy Fiorini on Actionable Science in the Delta Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features November 13, 2014As 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 sciencePolicy and regulation November 12, 2014Dr. 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 FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 11, 2014Dr. 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 FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 10, 2014The 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, 2014At the end of September, the Friends of the San Francisco Estuary held a conference titled “Bay + Delta +...
USGS Science in the Delta, plus other notes from the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features October 9, 2014At the September 25 meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the council members unanimously approved the addition of the USGS...
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, 2014In 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 scienceGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 24, 2014It’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, 2014With 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, 2014The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought...
