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March 10, 2022

The CAMT Assessment of Long-term Monitoring Program Reviews and Objectives (Assessment) was initiated in September 2021 to understand the approaches,...

CCST BRIEFING: Remote Sensing Technologies and Water Resilience

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

January 26, 2022

Can we look to the sky to address California’s water challenges? As California continues to grapple with frequent drought and...

USGS scientists gather data to better understand nutrient loads entering the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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Delta science Science Water quality

January 20, 2022

California Water Science Center scientists Dina Saleh and Joseph Domagalski discuss water-quality data collected in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. By...

AG ALERT: Measuring the future for aquifers

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

November 24, 2021

By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Montezuma Wetlands Project: Early Results and Lessens Learned from a Newly Breached Marsh

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Delta science Ecosystems

October 14, 2021

The Montezuma Wetlands Project is a multi-phase restoration project that uses dredged sediment to raise elevations in diked, subsided baylands...

USGS: A century of watching the Colorado River

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Colorado River

September 22, 2021

The streamgauge at Lee’s Ferry turns 100 years old By the USGS Right where the Colorado River flows into the...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Space Jam: A spatially explicit history of estuary fish species

Maven

Delta science

August 5, 2021

The San Francisco Estuary is a dynamic and highly altered system that has experienced many changes since its widespread colonization...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Ecological metrics for conservation planning and monitoring, Delta Lead Scientist office hours, and more …

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Delta science Ecosystems

April 29, 2021

At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen spotlighted a research article that studied...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Delta fish surveys, A busy month for workshops, Delta science proposal solicitation, and call for abstracts for the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference

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Delta science

November 6, 2020

At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen began the Delta Lead Scientist report by spotlighting...

FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers

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Hydrology Notebook News and Features Planning and management

May 20, 2020

On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: A regional vision for coordinated monitoring

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Delta science Notebook News and Features

February 6, 2020

An update on the development of a regional plan to monitor the restoration of tidal marshes in the San Francisco...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Research team develops first lidar-based method for measuring snowpack in mountain forests

Desert Research Institute

Hydrology Planning and management

January 22, 2018

From the Desert Research Institute: Many Western communities rely on snow from mountain forests as a source of drinking water...

USGS: Protecting California’s Bay-Delta Innovative Science

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Delta science Fish and wildlife

March 13, 2017

The water in the Delta arrives primarily from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, supplying water for more than 22...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Advancing Tidal Wetland Restoration in a Regional Adaptive Management Framework

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Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

February 16, 2017

Dr. Gerrit Platenkamp: Adaptive management in a regional context faces challenges with monitoring, experimentation, and adaptation At the Bay Delta...

US FWS: Rain or Shine, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologists Work Through Some Tough Weather Conditions

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife Science

January 19, 2017

By Steve Martarano, US FWS The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work. Whether it...