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 134The 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 191The 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 130At 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 167Dr. 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 522Written 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 155Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms...
ESTUARY PEARLS PART 3: Pesticides, HABs, New Neural Network, Ship Channel, Tule Red, Quake Risk Levees and more Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 29, 2021 98ESTUARY News sent reporters to the first virtual Bay-Delta Science Conference in April 2021. This special edition of Pearls shares...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls April 26, 2021 90Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project restoration efforts in the Delta Maven Meetings November 17, 2020 319One of the goals in the California Water Commission’s strategic plan directs the Commission to remain apprised of the operations...
ECO RESTORE UPDATE: Five years in, program makes big gains on Delta habitat restoration Maven Meetings September 3, 2020 641California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Leave it to Beavers: significant partners in dealing with climate change Maven Guest contributors May 21, 2020 241Guest commentary by Gail Sredanovic in consultation with Heidi Perryman Think a babbling clear stream is the only healthy one?...
DR. LAUREL LARSEN: Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science Maven Science on the Notebook May 7, 2020 397The USGS and Delta Stewardship Council have been recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...
METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass Maven Meetings March 3, 2020 343At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the...
FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward Maven Best of the Notebook August 21, 2019 1864Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...
