Adaptive approaches to wetland restoration in Southern California Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and FeaturesScience March 24, 2016Delta Independent Science Board member Dr. Joy Zedler shares her insights on the ups and downs of coastal wetland restoration...
Improving adaptive management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 17, 2016Report looks at how adaptive management is perceived and used in the Delta, and how it might be applied more...
Saving salmon in a changing California Maven Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 17, 2015Dr. Peter Moyle lays out a six-point plan for helping salmon adapt to California’s warm future We don’t have to...
Gimme Shelter: How habitat restoration can help improve salmon resiliency to climate change Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystemsFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features December 17, 2015Food supplies and temperature refuges are some of the ways habitat restoration can help salmon adapt to climate change, says...
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,...
Fish Restoration Program Update: Decker Island, Prospect Island, Cache Slough Complex and Suisun Marsh Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features November 20, 2015From the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Wildlife: In this update: Decker Island Property Acquisition...
Landscape-scale planning for ecological resilience in the Bay and Delta Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management July 30, 2015Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger discusses the latest research working to develop tools and to understand how to build landscapes resilient...
Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 29, 2015Dr. Jim Morris on the mechanisms of how tidal marshes keep pace with sea level rise, and Dr. John Callaway...
Fish Restoration Program update: Prospect Island, Decker Island, and more Delta restoration news Maven Ecosystems July 2, 2015From the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW): Prospect Island EIR...
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...
The Delta Landscapes project: Creating a spatial framework to inform restoration planning Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features March 16, 2015A new report uses landscape metrics in both the historical and contemporary Delta to help define, design, and evaluate functional,...
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...
Matt Nobriga: The utilization of tidal marshes by fishes of the Upper San Francisco Estuary Maven Delta science December 19, 2014At the 2014 Bay Delta Science Conference, Matt Nobriga, a fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, gave...
Dr. Peter Moyle: Novel Ecosystems of the Suisun Marsh and the Delta – A New Reality Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceEcosystems December 18, 2014The Delta of our modern times bears little resemblance to its historical self, a mix of native and non-native species...
