Dr. Sarah Yarnell is Associate Project Scientist at the Center for Watershed Sciences, and her presentation was drawn from research she and her colleagues have done regarding the relationships between aquatic native species and instream flow regimes. Specifically, she will...
Letitia Grenier is the principal investigator for the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Delta Landscapes project, which recently completed an in-depth analysis on the change in the Delta overtime and is now offering science-based guidance on how the Delta’s ecosystem health...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available online. This special issue focuses on the Central Valley Joint Venture. Despite massive losses of habitat, the Central Valley’s wetlands, riparian forests, and grassland–oak savannah...
Effectively communicating complex science to policy- and decision-makers is critical for managing the Delta, but the science needs to be useful as well as usable. The State of Bay-Delta Science (SBDS) is a synthesis of current scientific understanding of the...
Literature, data review, and recommendations for future salmonid investigations Survival for migrating juvenile chinook salmon has been low for those...
Part 1: Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program: Moving from Litigation to Collaboration The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program (CSAMP) is an applied science program specifically designed to inform decisions regarding operations of the State Water Project and the...