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

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Jennifer Pierre, Paul Souza, and Campbell Ingram discuss what their needs are for managing the Delta into the future: Will this be the decade of flow? The Delta is changing much faster than we can respond to,... Read More...

TED GRANTHAM: The evolution of environmental flows in California

Maven

April 15, 2020

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Ted Grantham is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley and the CalTrout Ecosystem Fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California. He studies water, climate, and water management with a focus ... Read More...

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

Maven

March 25, 2020

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Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity, and more. These ecosystems and the benefits they provide are part ... Read More...

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

Maven

March 17, 2020

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Commentary by North Coast Stream Flow Coalition, written by Felice Pace, Policy Advisor The first plans implementing California's landmark groundwater law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act or SGMA, h... Read More...

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

Maven

March 12, 2020

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The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly with the Delta Stewardship Council and other partner agencies. The position is secured through a mu... Read More...

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

Maven

December 19, 2019

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Dr. Christina Swanson takes a look at the status of the San Francisco Estuary's fish community The San Francisco estuary is important habitat for many fish species and environmental conditions, such as the amo... Read More...

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

Maven

September 18, 2019

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Photo by duluoz cats There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected system, rather than siloing the Bay, Delta, and water... Read More...

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

Maven

January 24, 2019

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The 2012-2016 California drought was unprecedented in severity. In the San Francisco Estuary, the drought was characterized by elevated nutrient loads, depressed zooplankton densities, enhanced Microcystis bloo... Read More...

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

Maven

January 9, 2019

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Dr. Jeff Mount has a long history of involvement with science issues in the Delta. As a professor at UC Davis, he started the Center for Watershed Sciences, which became home to researchers working on the Delt... Read More...

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

Maven

April 1, 2018

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Shasta River, photo by Carson Jeffries Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta. In this first of three... Read More...

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

Maven

June 2, 2017

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Actions Aim to Reduce Threats to Iconic Species From the California Natural Resources Agency: With the latest science showing that nearly half of California’s native salmon and trout species face extinction... Read More...

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

Maven

March 31, 2016

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Limnotech's Dr. John Wolfe presents two case studies from the Great Lakes which utilized integrated modeling and adaptive management to solve ecosystem issues The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is no doubt a com... Read More...

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

Maven

November 25, 2014

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Managing large interconnected systems of water bodies presents complex challenges, and model simulations are an essential tool. For many years, the Great Lakes community has used models to support management o... Read More...

Ellen Hanak on scientists and stakeholder views of Delta ecosystem management

Maven

November 20, 2013

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At the State of the Estuary conference held at the end of October, Ellen Hanak gave a presentation that summarized the results of a set of surveys of both scientists and stakeholders on their views of the Delta... Read More...

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

Maven

September 28, 2013

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Photo by Department of Water Resources In April of 2013, the Public Policy Institute of California released the report, Stress Relief: Prescriptions for Healthier Delta Ecosystem, which noted that the stat... Read More...

FEATURE: The state of California's environment

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

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

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

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