ecosystem management – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

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

June 25, 2020 364

Jennifer Pierre, Paul Souza, and Campbell Ingram discuss what their needs are for managing the Delta into the future: Will...

TED GRANTHAM: The evolution of environmental flows in California

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Best of the Notebook

April 15, 2020 930

Ted Grantham is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley and the CalTrout Ecosystem Fellow with the Public Policy Institute...

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

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Best of the Notebook

March 25, 2020 702

Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity,...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A new threat to California Streams: Will the rush to develop our newest water source destroy more streams?

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Guest contributors

March 17, 2020 414

Commentary by North Coast Stream Flow Coalition, written by Felice Pace, Policy Advisor The first plans implementing California’s landmark groundwater...

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

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Science on the Notebook

March 12, 2020 507

The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

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Best of the Notebook

December 19, 2019 381

Dr. Christina Swanson takes a look at the status of the San Francisco Estuary’s fish community The San Francisco estuary...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

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Best of the Notebook

September 18, 2019 572

There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Drought Resistance and Resilience in the Delta Fish Community for over 5 Decades

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Science on the Notebook

January 24, 2019 228

The 2012-2016 California drought was unprecedented in severity. In the San Francisco Estuary, the drought was characterized by elevated nutrient...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Ecosystem Water Budgets: A Novel Approach to Managing Water for the Environment

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Best of the Notebook

January 9, 2019 1237

Dr. Jeff Mount has a long history of involvement with science issues in the Delta. As a professor at UC...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Developing Tiered Environmental Flow Criteria Using a Functional Flows Approach for California Streams

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News and Features

April 1, 2018 526

Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta....

THIS JUST IN … State Launches Aggressive Strategy to Aid Salmon, Steelhead in the Sacramento Valley

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Breaking News

June 2, 2017 751

Actions Aim to Reduce Threats to Iconic Species From the California Natural Resources Agency: With the latest science showing that...

Integrated ecosystem modeling for adaptive management: Lessons from 40 years of decision support in the Great Lakes

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Event coverage

March 31, 2016 260

Limnotech’s Dr. John Wolfe presents two case studies from the Great Lakes which utilized integrated modeling and adaptive management to...

Ecosystem Modeling to Support Adaptive Management – Lessons from 40 years of Decision Support for the Great Lakes

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Best of the Notebook

November 25, 2014 426

Managing large interconnected systems of water bodies presents complex challenges, and model simulations are an essential tool. For many years,...

Ellen Hanak on scientists and stakeholder views of Delta ecosystem management

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Best of the Notebook

November 20, 2013 344

At the State of the Estuary conference held at the end of October, Ellen Hanak gave a presentation that summarized...

PPIC Panel: Permitting a Solution: Regulatory Oversight in the Delta

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Best of the Notebook

September 28, 2013 263

In April of 2013, the Public Policy Institute of California released the report, Stress Relief: Prescriptions for Healthier Delta Ecosystem,...

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

TED GRANTHAM: The evolution of environmental flows in California

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

GUEST COMMENTARY: A new threat to California Streams: Will the rush to develop our newest water source destroy more streams?

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Drought Resistance and Resilience in the Delta Fish Community for over 5 Decades

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Ecosystem Water Budgets: A Novel Approach to Managing Water for the Environment

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Developing Tiered Environmental Flow Criteria Using a Functional Flows Approach for California Streams

THIS JUST IN … State Launches Aggressive Strategy to Aid Salmon, Steelhead in the Sacramento Valley

Integrated ecosystem modeling for adaptive management: Lessons from 40 years of decision support in the Great Lakes

Ecosystem Modeling to Support Adaptive Management – Lessons from 40 years of Decision Support for the Great Lakes

Ellen Hanak on scientists and stakeholder views of Delta ecosystem management

PPIC Panel: Permitting a Solution: Regulatory Oversight in the Delta

METROPOLITAN IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Project draft EIR, part 2; Collaborative salmonid recovery project

METROPOLITAN’S IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Southern California’s worsening water supply situation

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Reducing reliance on the Delta

WEBINAR SUMMARY: Adaptive governance in the Delta

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Nov 20-25: Adapting to CA’s “Weather Whiplash” with FIRO; Question of water rights looms over controversial proposed new dam; State water agency wades into lawsuit to maintain its authority over groundwater plans; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 11/23: Adapting to “Weather Whiplash” with Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations; Rain and snow expected after Thanksgiving; A massive effort – restoring the San Joaquin River; Water sector warns of ‘catastrophic’ rail strike; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 11/21: Court grants petition challenging EIR for Lookout Slough Project; State Water Board ordered to pay attorney’s fees in drought curtailment lawsuit; New research ties specific extreme weather events to climate change; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 11/18: Coastal Commission approves Monterey desal plant; Scientists uncover ancient “super highways” to increase groundwater recharge; FERC clears way for nation’s largest dam removal; Delta Conservancy board approves millions for projects; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Nov. 13-18: So Cal’s worsening water situation; Klamath dam removal gets the go ahead; Coastal Commission approves Monterey desal plant; and more …

NOTICE: San Joaquin River Restoration Program increases Restoration Flows to benefit salmon during winter

NOTICE OF PROPOSED EMERGENCY RULEMAKING: Prohibited wasteful water uses emergency regulation for water conservation

NOTICE: November 22 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2022 California Water Data Challenge

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Project Applications for $38 Million in Fish Passage Funding

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Project Applications for $38 Million in Fish Passage Funding

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Proposal solicitation for ecological forecasting/conservation projects

NOTICE: Informational Webinars on the Nonpoint Source Grant Program