salmon Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

May 6, 2020

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Webinar takes a deep dive into the state of salmon and steelhead, and provides recommendations for resiliency In 2005, the California Legislature passed SB 857 requiring CalTrans to locate, assess, and remedia... Read More...

CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project

Maven

May 5, 2020

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Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would melt, swelling the rivers beyond their banks and casting young fish out onto the floodplai... Read More...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta

Maven

August 29, 2019

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Study results suggest removing predators won't address the problem, but removing submerged aquatic vegetation might At the May meeting of Metropolitan's Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Alison Collins, Seni... Read More...

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

Maven

August 21, 2019

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Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds, and highlights the many projects and opportunities in the Sacramento Valley Nearl... Read More...

DELTA SCIENCE: Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updates the State Water Board on science efforts in the Delta

Maven

June 20, 2019

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At the May 21st meeting of the State Water Board, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated Board members of ongoing science efforts in the Delta. In his update, Dr. Callaway discussed the advisory panel report... Read More...

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 4: Case studies from the Bay Delta system

Maven

April 25, 2019

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Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to environmental management in the face of uncertainty because the ... Read More...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Dark Carbon and a Return to Abundance: How Detrital Floodplain Food Webs Can Help Recover Endangered Fish

Maven

March 7, 2019

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In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish and wildlife. A major driver of this wildlife abundance was terrestr... Read More...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Harvest, Hatchery Returns, and Straying of Salmon Released at Bay and Delta sites during California’s Drought

Maven

January 17, 2019

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery is the largest salmon hatchery in California, annually producing 12 million fall Chinook Salmon smolts that substantially contribute to Califo... Read More...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

Maven

June 18, 2018

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Aerial view of the Yolo Bypass and the Vic Fazio Wildlife Area (DWR) How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largel... Read More...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

Maven

February 21, 2018

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In the fall of every year, an incredible phenomenon takes place in the Central Valley: the fall salmon run. Adult salmon travel many miles from the Pacific Ocean upstream to their spawning grounds, returning t... Read More...

Reaction to the State’s resiliency strategy for Sacramento Valley salmon and steelhead

Maven

June 5, 2017

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State Resiliency Strategies Show Significant Promise to Improve Conditions for Fish in California Innovative and Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Improve Co-Equal Goals in Delta From the Metropolitan Water Dis... Read More...

THIS JUST IN … State Launches Aggressive Strategy to Aid Salmon, Steelhead in the Sacramento Valley

Maven

June 2, 2017

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Actions Aim to Reduce Threats to Iconic Species From the California Natural Resources Agency: With the latest science showing that nearly half of California’s native salmon and trout species face extinction... Read More...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The effects of water project operations on juvenile salmon survival in the Delta

Maven

January 26, 2017

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Literature, data review, and recommendations for future salmonid investigations Survival for migrating juvenile chinook salmon has been low for those on the San Joaquin River, averaging approximately 5% since ... Read More...

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

Maven

November 2, 2016

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Knights Landing Outfall Gate Projects in the Sacramento Valley demonstrate the success of collaboration for the benefit of species This article first appeared in the Central Valley Business Times and is repu... Read More...

Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land

Maven

August 25, 2016

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Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age One of the recent and notable success stories for California has been the ongoing studies in the... Read More...

Utilizing Bioassessments and Citizen Science for Stewardship in the Truckee River Watershed

DR. LAUREL LARSEN: Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Science and adaptive management in action; Integrating past and future monitoring

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

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Green Infrastructure Implementation Challenges and Opportunities: Navigating Constraints and Issues of Scale

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Microplastics Everywhere: Understanding Microplastics in the Bay and Recommended Actions

Heather Cooley: The Untapped Potential of California's Water Supply: Efficiency, Reuse, and Stormwater

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Quantifying surface water depletion from groundwater pumping

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End?

WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

DELTA SCIENCE: Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updates the State Water Board on science efforts in the Delta

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 4: Case studies from the Bay Delta system

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Dark Carbon and a Return to Abundance: How Detrital Floodplain Food Webs Can Help Recover Endangered Fish

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Harvest, Hatchery Returns, and Straying of Salmon Released at Bay and Delta sites during California’s Drought

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

Reaction to the State’s resiliency strategy for Sacramento Valley salmon and steelhead

THIS JUST IN … State Launches Aggressive Strategy to Aid Salmon, Steelhead in the Sacramento Valley

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: The effects of water project operations on juvenile salmon survival in the Delta

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land

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