Delta challenges workshop, part 3: The Delta ecosystem: Hydrodynamics, water quality, salinity, nutrients, and the food web Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality April 23, 2015Panel of experts discuss the Delta’s complex hydrodynamics and how flow interacts with salinity, nutrients, contaminants, and the food web...
Dr. Peter Moyle: Novel Ecosystems of the Suisun Marsh and the Delta – A New Reality Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems December 18, 2014The Delta of our modern times bears little resemblance to its historical self, a mix of native and non-native species...
Bruce Herbold: The Value of Wetlands to Fish Maven Delta scienceEcosystems December 2, 2014Bruce Herbold began by telling a personal story. “I have some friends in Austria, and the dearest of them, her...
The Connections, Resiliency, and Management of Flows in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceScience October 29, 2014At the end of September, the Friends of the San Francisco Estuary held a conference titled “Bay + Delta +...
A Delta Transformed: New San Francisco Estuary Institute Report Reveals Dramatic Changes to Delta Ecosystem Maven Ecosystems October 29, 2014From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: A recent study produced by the San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center and...
Radio show transcript: Michael Jackson, water rights lawyer, on California’s water history, the twin tunnels, and how this affects Northern California groundwater Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law October 14, 2014Jim Brobeck, water policy analyst for AquAlliance, interviewed water rights attorney Michael Jackson for a radio show which broadcast on...
Getting things done in the Delta: The Coalition to Support Delta Projects updates the Delta Stewardship Council on their progress Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features April 22, 2014The Coalition to Support Delta Projects is a diverse group of prominent water stakeholders that came together early in 2012...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: Peter Moyle and Melanie Truan: Applying reconciliation ecology to aquatic ecosystems in California Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 17, 2014The 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...
The Delta Stewardship Council meeting, part 1: How habitat restoration is done in the Delta Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 6, 2013The Delta Stewardship Council has responsibility for overseeing implementation of the Delta Plan, which makes several recommendations with respect to...
New PPIC report prescribes relief for the Delta’s ailing ecosystem Maven Policy and regulation April 30, 2013While there may not be an miracle cure for the ailing Delta, there is a path forward that would achieve...
The PPIC Plan: Making the Delta a place where the wild things want to be Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 23, 2012Note: The following is a summary of the PPIC report, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better...
