A regional-scale view of climate impacts on California’s salmon habitats Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features December 16, 2015 Dr. Nathan Mantua discusses how climate change and seasonal weather patterns influence coastal and marine salmon habitats Earlier this fall,...
Conserving Chinook salmon at the southern end of their range: Challenges and opportunities Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 15, 2015NOAA Fisheries Rachel Johnson opens salmon symposium with a look at the outmigration and life history diversity strategies that have...
Managing fisheries during drought conditions: Maximizing the effectiveness of limited water supplies Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features June 17, 2015Fish and wildlife officials discuss the drought response actions being taken by federal, state, and local agencies to reduce the...
This just in … Drought Conditions Force Difficult Management Decisions For Sacramento River Temperatures State Water Board Policy and regulationWater project operations June 16, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: State and federal officials today announced the outlines of a revised plan for...
This just in … Westlands Urges Reclamation to Comply With ESA Regarding Releases to the Trinity River That Harm Threatened and Endangered Salmon in the Sacramento River Westlands Water District Policy and regulation June 10, 2015From Westlands Water District: Today, Westlands Water District, along with the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority, sent to the Department...
Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 4: New momentum for habitat restoration, integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 4, 2015Reclamation, DWR, and Yolo County official report on progress on integration efforts in the Yolo Bypass In between Sacramento and...
This just in … State Water Board suspends Sacramento River temperature management plan State Water Board Policy and regulation May 30, 2015Tom Howard, Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board, has sent a letter to Ron Milligan at the...
Delta challenges workshop, part 4: Fish, birds, and habitat Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features April 24, 2015Panel of experts looks at historical ecology and critical ecological functions of the Delta, the complexities of fish management, and...
Droughts, climate change, and dams: Reconciling a future for California’s native fishes Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesScience April 1, 2015Dr. Peter Moyle lays out a statewide aquatic conservation strategy for saving California’s native fishes in the face of climate...
Managing turbidity for Delta smelt Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features March 3, 2015Metropolitan’s David Fullerton and Paul Hutton say there’s a relationship between turbidity and Delta smelt, and demonstrate that by cutting...
Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems February 19, 2015Restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring waterfowl populations in the Yolo Bypass; can the same happen now for fish? Plus...
The promise and pitfalls of regional planning for special status species Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation January 28, 2015Panel discusses the pros and cons of Habitat Conservation Plans and Natural Community Conservation Plans In recent years in an...
Fall Midwater Trawl Index finds record low numbers of Delta smelt Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features January 12, 2015The annual survey conducted each fall since 1967 shows record low number for Delta smelt; longfin smelt is second lowest...
Director Chuck Bonham on the response of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to the exceptional drought conditions Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features October 22, 2014At the October meeting of the California Water Commission, Chuck Bonham, Director of the Calfiornia Department of Fish and Wildlife,...
This just in … Reclamation Releases Additional Water to Address Fish Health in Lower Klamath River Bureau of Reclamation News Fish and wildlife September 16, 2014From the Bureau of Reclamation: In response to the discovery of a parasite infection in Chinook salmon in the lower...
