Past the Salt: In SF’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future Maven Science on the Notebook July 18, 2022 60Written by Skylar Knight at Biographic Perhaps unsurprisingly, taking photographs from a doorless helicopter was proving more difficult than San...
Introducing the Landscape Scenario Planning Tool Version 2.0 Maven Science on the Notebook May 6, 2022 22From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: In partnership with the Delta Stewardship Council, the San Francisco Estuary Institute has developed...
FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management Maven Best of the Notebook May 5, 2022 286Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes. He has...
Study Finds “Portfolio Approach” Can Help Protect Restorations From Extreme Climate Events Maven Science News February 15, 2022 182From Smithsonian Magazine: Knowing how to protect their communities from climate change has become a staple for local governments. Restoration...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project (Big Notch) Maven Meetings January 25, 2022 880At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, the agenda included an informational briefing on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid...
PUBLICATION: Climate and land change impacts on future managed wetland habitat: A case study from California’s Central Valley Maven Science News January 7, 2022 16From the USGS: California’s Central Valley provides critical habitat for migratory waterbirds, yet only 10% of naturally occurring wetlands remain....
USGS Scientists Study Habitat Features in the San Francisco Estuary to Better Inform Conservation Efforts for Aquatic Species Maven Science News November 4, 2021 135From the USGS: Due to human activity, over 90% of tidal wetland habitat in San Francisco Estuary has been lost....
Nature’s power to restore: Using process-based restoration in the Sierra foothills Maven Science News October 27, 2021 152From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: For millions of years, nature has been designing and building river and...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh Maven Science on the Notebook October 14, 2021 175The Montezuma Wetlands Project is a multi-phase restoration project that uses dredged sediment to raise elevations in diked, subsided baylands...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Floating wetlands: A potential solution for Delta food-web support and habitat Maven Best of the Notebook July 22, 2021 212The Delta pelagic food web no longer adequately supports native species, and developing management strategies for foodweb support and habitat...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conservancy update: Analysis of juvenile salmonid habitat in the Delta Maven Meetings July 22, 2021 131At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Campbell Ingram, Executive Officer of the Delta Conservancy, updated the council...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Suisun Marsh: On the edge of resilience in an era of rapid change Maven Science on the Notebook July 15, 2021 181Dr. John Durand is a senior scientist at UC Davis who, along with his colleagues, Teejay O’Rear and Dr. Peter...
CEQA SCOPING MEETING: Resolution regarding estuarine habitat restoration and multi-benefit climate change adaptation projects along the shorelines in San Francisco Bay Maven Other Announcements July 15, 2021 59From the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board: The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board staff will hold...
GUEST COMMENTARY: In Delta, is Habitat Restoration an Endangered Species? John Brennan Guest contributors July 13, 2021 534Written by John Brennan Late in 2015 two sisters contacted me to help sell their family farm property in Solano...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Governing multiple forms of connectivity in the Bay-Delta Maven Best of the Notebook July 1, 2021 173Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms...
