In recent decades Americans’ attitudes about environmental issues have become polarized along partisan lines. Yet, while significant research demonstrates this...
Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent research on the Delta’s food web, noted a paper on preparing for rapid changes expected from climate change, and updated the Council on...
Scientists tap PNNL’s rare ability to measure argon-39 for new insights into groundwater Stacie Jones, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Scientists...
By Sierra Garcia, Estuary News On the San Joaquin Delta’s Staten Island, where the Mokelumne River snugly encircles miles of...
Estuary News is a publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. In the June edition of Estuary News: Thinking like a beaver Scanning for ancient channels Cooking fish food in a ship channel? Rethinking ballparks and the Bay Trail in...
What if we could predict changes to ecosystems in the same way we can predict the weather? An emerging field...
The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB), which provides scientific oversight of programs that support adaptive management, has finished its...
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed ScienceVolume 19, Issue 2 | June 2021 NOTE In Honor of Dr. Larry R. BrownBruce Herbold, Peter B. Moyle, Anke Mueller–Solger, Ted Sommerhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss2art1 POLICY & PROGRAM ANALYSIS Preparing Scientists, Policy-Makers, and Managers for a Fast-Forward FutureRichard B. Norgaard,...
At the May meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Steve Brandt, Chair of the Delta Independent Science Board, provided...
This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...
X2, OMR, Gates, Barriers, and more: Dr. Ted Sommer sorts out the hydrodynamics of the Delta At the 2021 Bay-Delta Science Conference, Dr. Ted Sommer, the Lead Scientist for the CA Department of Water Resources, gave a short course on...
New understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the...
The impact of climate change on flood risk in the Delta varies by location, which means the fixes will...
At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen spotlighted a research article that studied ecological metrics for conservation planning and monitoring, introduced the new Sea Grant Science Fellows, and updated the Council on the...