ecosystem management Archives ~ 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 0 349

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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Conferences and Seminars

April 15, 2020 0 690

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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Conferences and Seminars

March 25, 2020 0 598

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 blogger

March 17, 2020 0 381

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 0 453

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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Conferences and Seminars

December 19, 2019 0 340

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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Science on the Notebook

September 18, 2019 1 534

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 0 227

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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Conferences and Seminars

January 9, 2019 0 1147

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 Science on the Notebook

April 1, 2018 0 456

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 0 750

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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Conferences and Seminars Science on the Notebook

March 31, 2016 0 239

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 Science on the Notebook

November 25, 2014 0 414

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 Meetings

November 20, 2013 0 342

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 Conferences and Seminars

September 28, 2013 0 257

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

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MEETING: Delta Watermaster breaks down water use in the Delta, addresses implementation of reduced reliance on the Delta

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

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ANECITA AGUSTINEZ, DWR TRIBAL POLICY ADVISOR: The Language of Water

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