ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...
Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of the Bay Area’s health departments, during one of half-a-dozen diversity-themed talks at the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference. Indeed, the...
Harmful algal blooms (or HABs) occur when colonies of algae, under the right conditions, grow out of control and produce...
Although the 2009 Delta Reform Act now legally requires adaptive management for all restoration efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta;...
The session began with Karen Kayfetz, program manager at the Delta Science Program, discussing what it means to practice adaptive management and the work that her staff at the Delta Science Program do to provide support and leadership for the...
At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a new research paper on the changing...
In this issue: RESEARCHStatistical Evaluation of Behavior and Population Dynamic Models Predicting Movement and Proportional Entrainment Loss of Adult Delta...
Lessons From a Failed Experiment Mark New Way Forward By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis ome invasive species targeted for total eradication bounce back with a vengeance, especially in aquatic systems, finds a study led by the University of California, Davis....
At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen discussed a new report on the...
North America’s largest and most ancient freshwater fish species, white sturgeon, hang out in some kinds of Estuary waterways more...
At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication, ‘A complex phenotype in salmon controlled by a simple change in migratory timing.’ She also introduced Dr. Jessica Rudnick, the...
Water supply reliability. It’s half of the co-equal goals of “providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting,...
The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed...
Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Louise Conrad provided the report to the Council on Dr. Larsen’s...