Final draft of the Yolo Bypass Cache Slough (YBCS) Master Plan is available Maven Planning and management April 22, 2026From the Central Valley Flood Protection Board: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Central Valley Flood Protection Board...
CAL MATTERS: California’s largest and most polluted lake gets a new conservancy Cal Matters Planning and management April 11, 2026California’s first new conservancy in more than 15 years will oversee restoration, manage habitat and improve air quality at the...
DWR: DRIP Collaborative’s third year centers on ecosystems, land use planning, and water infrastructure Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 8, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: California’s climate is defined by extremes, and water year 2025 put that reality on...
USGS Powell Center releases new guidance for managing ecosystems amid rising climatic novelty USGS Planning and managementScience March 14, 2026The USGS Powell Center has released new guidance to help land and natural-resource managers navigate a future where climate-driven environmental...
DVIDS: Salton Sea feasibility study progress takes center stage during ‘Tier 1’ meeting Guest Contributor Ecosystems March 12, 2026By Stephen Baack, DVIDS Senior leaders and project delivery team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined key...
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Inventing habitats: A reconciliation approach to urban ecology High Country News Ecosystems October 24, 2025by Ruxandra Guidi, High Country News Este artículo también está disponible en español. In Tucson, Arizona, where I live, a remarkable...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Risk-taking is key to saving California’s freshwater species: A conversation with water lawyer Jennifer Harder Robin Meadows Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features September 29, 2025by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater species are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and are pushed to the brink of...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: 2021 Annual Report: Building Resilience Amid Rapid Change Delta Stewardship Council Climate changeReports February 12, 2022Tags Ecosystems Ecosystem management Planning and management Ecosystem management...
DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta? Maven Delta science June 25, 2020Jennifer 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 NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features April 15, 2020Ted 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 NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 25, 2020Californians 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? Felice Pace Commentary March 17, 2020Commentary 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 Delta science March 12, 2020The 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 NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 19, 2019Dr. 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 NotebookDelta science September 18, 2019There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected...
