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 367

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 Notebook News and Features

April 15, 2020 1078

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 Notebook News and Features

March 25, 2020 739

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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Commentary

March 17, 2020 421

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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Delta science

March 12, 2020 526

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 Delta science Notebook News and Features

December 19, 2019 386

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 Delta science

September 18, 2019 645

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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Delta science

January 24, 2019 233

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 Delta science Notebook News and Features

January 9, 2019 1261

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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Delta science Notebook News and Features

April 1, 2018 542

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

CA Natural Resources Agency

Agency News

June 2, 2017 753

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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Notebook News and Features Science

March 31, 2016 271

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

Conserving ecosystems during droughts

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Notebook News and Features

February 4, 2015 480

Chuck Bonham, Sandy Matsumoto, Dr. Peter Moyle, and Tim Quinn discuss how to prepare for the next drought, including developing...

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 Delta science

November 25, 2014 432

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 Notebook News and Features

November 20, 2013 345

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

Ecosystem management

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

Conserving ecosystems during droughts

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

PRESS RELEASE: State and federal agencies cancel action to protect Delta smelt

SJV WATER: State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Contractors applaud California’s use of adaptive management in the Bay-Delta for 2024

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration

STANFORD REPORT: Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption

DAILY DIGEST, 9/30: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration; Study finds Central Valley residents continually exposed to ‘toxic soup’ of pesticides; Happy New Water Year 2025! – Wet, dry, or just plain weird?; and more …