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

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...

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...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 1: Overview of the project and the endangered species consultation process

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

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

DWR and State Water Board discuss their roles in implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act at public meeting in Sacramento

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

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

FEATURE: Water rights 101

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

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

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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