Floodplains Archives

August 6, 2026

NOAA Fisheries and partners rebuilt floodplain habitat in the heart of redwood country, benefiting salmon, restoring tribal stewardship, and creating...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: New publication highlights importance of Yolo Bypass flooding for the estuary’s food web

Maven

Delta science Ecosystems Research article Science

February 25, 2026

In late December 2025, a series of storms swept through Northern California, causing the Sacramento River to rise rapidly. By...

SF ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE: Winter-run salmon, Delta restoration, wetland availability, Delta smelt foraging, pesticides in the Delta, and more …

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

Delta science

December 19, 2025

In the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: RESEARCH MONOGRAPH Synthesizing Relationships Between Winter-Run Chinook Salmon...

NOW AVAILABLE: San Francisco Bay Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap

Guest Contributor

Ecosystems Fact Sheets/Tools/Info

December 14, 2025

From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF...

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL: Yurok Tribe welcomes back salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty to a former lumber mill site in Northern California

Earth Island Journal

Fish and wildlife

December 12, 2025

By Teddi Lynn Chichester, Earth Island Journal This story originally appeared in Earth Island Journal. Bright-yellow excavators, swathes of ocher...

THE CURRENT: Rivers choose their path based on erosion — a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration

UC Santa Barbara

Ecosystems Science

July 14, 2025

By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Rivers are Earth’s arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as...

DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Rice: The other climate- and wildlife-friendly solution for the Delta

Delta Protection Commission

Agriculture

July 1, 2025

By Holly Heyser Delta Protection Commission Rice acreage is growing rapidly in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s agricultural core. It nearly...

SFEWS: Traditional knowledge and current science inform conservation and preservation practices in the Delta

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

Delta science Research article

June 30, 2025

This edition of SFEWS (Volume 23, Issue 2) includes research on integrating traditional knowledge with science in the Delta, a...

DWR: Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback Project shows early signs of success for juvenile salmon

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

April 9, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: Since the 1950s, California’s salmon populations have dwindled due to lost habitat from a...

CDFW sees ecosystem engineers at work in beaver restoration pilot projects

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

April 8, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) set out on its mission...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash

Inside Climate News

Planning and management Policy and regulation

November 29, 2024

As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...

THIS JUST IN … California’s floodplains at the heart of landmark agreement: State and federal agencies unite to address climate resilience through landscape-scale investment

CA Natural Resources Agency

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

October 23, 2024

MOU to improve communications between agencies, enhance flood protection, create and protect habitat for fish and wildlife, increase long-term health...

PRESS RELEASE: Sustainable Conservation unveils roadmap tool to navigate restoration permitting in the Sacramento River Basin

Sustainable Conservation

Ecosystems

August 29, 2024

From Sustainable Conservation: Sustainable Conservation’s Accelerating Restoration program is excited to announce the Restoration Permitting Roadmap, a first-of-its-kind web tool...

COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods

Legislator/Elected Official

Commentary Policy and regulation

June 14, 2024

By Senator Alvarado-Gil, Assemblyman Heath Flora, and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria We all know it. You shouldn’t wait to close the...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: The Good Flood, Restoring a Sonoma Creek

Nate Seltenrich

Planning and management

March 5, 2024

By Nate Seltenrich, Knee Deep Times Wooden fence posts poking just above the surface and tall oaks with their trunks...