UC DAVIS: Helping birds and floating solar energy coexist UC Davis Ecosystems May 12, 2025Scientists outline key considerations for floatovoltaics and waterbirds By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis From a small California winery to a...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How a new wetland restoration could expedite transforming the Delta from a carbon source to a carbon sink Robin Meadows EcosystemsNotebook News and Features April 23, 2025By Robin Meadows Staten Island lies in the heart of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and exemplifies the woes of...
CAL MATTERS: The Salton Sea is California’s most imperiled lake. Can a new conservancy turn back the tide? Cal Matters Ecosystems March 12, 2025A new conservancy will oversee work to improve vegetation, water quality and natural habitat in the Salton Sea. Will nearly...
UC DAVIS: California rice and wildlife report released UC Davis Ecosystems February 28, 2025Rice fields provide vital habitat for snakes, birds and fish By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis From ducks and cranes to...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California rice fields offer threatened migratory waterbirds a lifeline Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife January 13, 2025Conservation groups are working with Central Valley farmers to restore critical habitat for wetland birds struggling to subsist on a...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Bird activists ignite new war against San Diego fireworks Voice of San Diego Water quality July 16, 2024The San Diego Audubon Society calls for SeaWorld fireworks to end when dead eggs, chicks and adult elegant terns washed...
AG ALERT: Program to delay harvest protects birds and farmers Ag Alert AgricultureEcosystems June 12, 2024By Ching Lee, Ag Alert For multiple years, Simon Vander Woude’s Merced County dairy farm has served as a refuge...
AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert Agriculture January 31, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Mapping Priority Bird Conservation Areas in the Delta Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features January 12, 2024The December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council included the first Delta Lead Scientist report given by Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers,...
USBR NEWS: Watering up a major piece of the Pacific Flyway Bureau of Reclamation News Fish and wildlife November 21, 2023Reclamation funding improves delivery system at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area From the Bureau of Reclamation: In the shadow of the...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert Agriculture October 25, 2023By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
FEATURE: Rethinking water management in California: How to benefit people and wildlife Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 9, 2023By Robin Meadows A new strategy could help California water managers meet the needs of people as well as the...
UNDARK: Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened. Undark Ecosystems July 3, 2023By Fletcher Reveley, Undark On the afternoon of Oct. 6, 2022, a massive dust storm rose in the drought-parched Sonoran...
USBR: Work Progressing Towards Providing Full Capacity CVPIA Supplies to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems March 30, 2022Reclamation, Ducks Unlimited and Biggs-West Gridley Water District Partner to Bring Water to Key Habitat When It’s Needed By Gary...
AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds Ag Alert Fish and wildlife January 19, 2022By Edgar Sanchez, Ag Alert Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on the Sutter County farm...
