DELTA ISB: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: an overview Best of the Notebook January 20, 2021 243
DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta foodweb Best of the Notebook January 14, 2021 160
SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans Best of the Notebook January 13, 2021 490
YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate Best of the Notebook December 16, 2020 298
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers Best of the Notebook December 15, 2020 228
Groundwater adjudication hearing, part 1: Justice Robie with an overview on how groundwater disputes are resolved in California Maven Best of the Notebook December 15, 2014 1366
DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta? Maven Science on the Notebook June 25, 2020 353Jennifer 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 Maven Best of the Notebook April 15, 2020 717Ted 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 Maven Best of the Notebook March 25, 2020 620Californians 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? Maven Guest blogger March 17, 2020 394Commentary 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 Maven Science on the Notebook March 12, 2020 457The 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 Maven Best of the Notebook December 19, 2019 348Dr. 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 Maven Best of the Notebook September 18, 2019 542There 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 Maven Science on the Notebook January 24, 2019 228The 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 Maven Best of the Notebook January 9, 2019 1153Dr. 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 Maven News and Features April 1, 2018 463Establishing 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 Maven Breaking News June 2, 2017 750Actions 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 Maven Conferences and Seminars March 31, 2016 239Limnotech’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 Maven Best of the Notebook November 25, 2014 415Managing 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 Maven Best of the Notebook November 20, 2013 342At 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 Maven Best of the Notebook September 28, 2013 257In April of 2013, the Public Policy Institute of California released the report, Stress Relief: Prescriptions for Healthier Delta Ecosystem,...