Floodplains Archives

November 29, 2024 1210

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

Maven

Agency News

October 23, 2024 1529

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

Press Release/Other

August 29, 2024 341

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

COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods

Guest Contributor

Commentary

June 14, 2024 844

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

News

March 5, 2024 139

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

GUEST COMMENTARY: Small Legal Change Has Big Implications for California’s Climate Preparedness

Guest Contributor

Commentary

December 12, 2023 252

Written by Roger Dickinson, CivicWell Policy Director and co-author of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and Julie Rentner, River Partners...

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

Ag Alert

News

October 25, 2023 69

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...

DWR NEWS: DWR and River Partners Work Together to protect communities from flooding and provide benefits to endangered species

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

October 19, 2023 114

By DWR As climate extremes continue to challenge water management, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is working with...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: What role do mercury-contaminated floodplains play in methylmercury contamination in the Delta?

Maven

Delta science

October 18, 2023 150

For the September Delta Lead Scientist report, Lead Scientist Dr Laurel Larsen spotlighted the study, Effects of vegetation on methylmercury...

STORY MAP: Floodplain Restoration and Recharge Pilot Studies: Evaluating the multiple benefits of increasing floodplain inundation

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

September 14, 2023 352

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features Science

June 22, 2023 2644

When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food

Maven

Delta science Science

June 7, 2023 255

The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...

DWR NEWS: A Summer of (Eco)Restoration

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

August 2, 2022 9

By DWR News Summer 2022 is a season of ecological restoration for the Department of Water Resources (DWR). From June...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project (Big Notch)

Maven

Notebook News and Features

January 25, 2022 1349

At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, the agenda included an informational briefing on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managed Floodplain Fish Food: Bringing Dry Side Food Webs to Wet Side Fish

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

November 10, 2021 522

Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was primarily a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...

Floodplains

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash

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

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

COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods

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

GUEST COMMENTARY: Small Legal Change Has Big Implications for California’s Climate Preparedness

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

DWR NEWS: DWR and River Partners Work Together to protect communities from flooding and provide benefits to endangered species

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: What role do mercury-contaminated floodplains play in methylmercury contamination in the Delta?

STORY MAP: Floodplain Restoration and Recharge Pilot Studies: Evaluating the multiple benefits of increasing floodplain inundation

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food

DWR NEWS: A Summer of (Eco)Restoration

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project (Big Notch)

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managed Floodplain Fish Food: Bringing Dry Side Food Webs to Wet Side Fish

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