US FWS: “Jump Start” winter-run Chinook salmon return to Battle Creek US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife May 22, 2019By the US Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and water management officials are heralding the early returns of a special...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Feather River Fish Hatchery Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features May 16, 2019The Feather River Fish Hatchery is a State Water Project facility that was built in conjunction with the construction of...
US FWS: Northern Sacramento Valley Hatchery fish released in second year of species reintroduction US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife April 8, 2019By the US Fish and Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 185,000 marked juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon...
THIS JUST IN … Voluntary Agreements Progressing to Improve Habitat and Flow in the Delta and Key Watersheds CA Natural Resources Agency Policy and regulation March 1, 2019From the California Natural Resources Agency: In an effort to improve habitat and flows in the Delta and key tributaries,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project Maven Delta scienceEcosystems February 14, 2019The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern...
DWR NEWS: Survey Shows Areas of Land Subsidence in the Sacramento Valley Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News January 29, 2019Data shows most of the valley has experienced little to no subsidence over the past nine years, with some exceptions...
US FWS: After long absence, endangered winter-run Chinook salmon return to restored Battle Creek US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife March 28, 2018Robert Barker, a fish culturist at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, had just helped complete something historic and he knew...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Overview of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 25, 2017The update to the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan was adopted by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board in August...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Board posts materials related to the Phase II Update of the Bay-Delta Plan State Water Board Policy and regulation October 4, 2017From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board has posted several documents on its website...
DR. BRUCE HERBOLD: Hydrographs and Ecological Functions in the Present-day Landscape of the Sacramento River Maven Delta scienceEcosystems July 16, 2017Dr. Bruce Herbold, Estuarine Ecology consultant, now retired from USEPA, began by saying he would be focusing on the Sacramento...
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 wildlifeScience January 19, 2017By Steve Martarano, US FWS The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work. Whether it...
Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features August 25, 2016Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
The Bay Institute responds to Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Maven Water project operations July 1, 2016Sacramento River Settlement Contractors will receive full deliveries of water this year at the expense of the salmon runs, they...
This just in … Sacramento River Settlement Contractors frustrated by delay in implementing the Sacramento River operations plan for summer Maven Water project operations June 30, 2016Proposed Shasta Reservoir Releases Focuses Solely on Temperature for Winter Run Eggs; SRSCs Call for More Holistic Approach to Managing...
Sacto Valley water managers respond to NRDC et al lawsuit: Statements of illegal diversions and federal mismanagement are unsubstantiated, they say Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Water rights and water law November 11, 2015Sacramento Valley rice growers say they have voluntarily deferred diversions and taken other actions to reduce drought impacts on fish...
