Delta as a place – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Defining “Delta as a Place”

August 17, 2017

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The Delta Independent Science Board tackles the elusive 'Delta as an Evolving Place', plus updates on the activities of the Delta Protection Commission and the Delta Conservancy At the July meeting of the Delt... Read More...

Delta Narratives, pt 4: Writers and artists in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Maven

February 18, 2016

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Dr. Gregg Camfield surveys literature written about the Delta, focusing on an American humorist's vision of Benicia "Stories matter. Contemporary neuroscience fairly certainly supports our basic intuition that... Read More...

Delta Narratives, pt. 3: Building Communities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Economics and Ethnicity

Maven

February 17, 2016

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Dr. Jennifer Helzer and Dr. Bob Benedetti look at the diverse cultures that shaped the communities of the Delta Throughout history, the Delta has been a crossroads - a place of environmental change and agricul... Read More...

Delta Narratives, pt. 2: Stitching a River Culture: Trade, Transportation and Communication in the Delta

Maven

February 11, 2016

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The Delta Narratives project continues with a look at the history of boating, trains, trucks, and mechanical innovation in the Delta In 2014, the Delta Protection Commission funded the Delta Narratives proje... Read More...

Delta Narratives, pt 1: Managing the Garden: Agriculture, Reclamation, and Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Maven

February 10, 2016

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The Delta Protection Commission's Delta Narratives project seeks to tell the human story of the Delta "These days the Delta is most often considered a reservoir or a habitat," begins the introduction to the De... Read More...

Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration

HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Understanding the human dimensions of social agro-ecological systems: What motivates farmer decision-making and policy change?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

Dr. Peter Goodwin: Six things the Delta science community has learned in the last two years

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Defining “Delta as a Place”

Delta Narratives, pt 4: Writers and artists in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Delta Narratives, pt. 3: Building Communities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Economics and Ethnicity

Delta Narratives, pt. 2: Stitching a River Culture: Trade, Transportation and Communication in the Delta

Delta Narratives, pt 1: Managing the Garden: Agriculture, Reclamation, and Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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