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BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Insights into the life history and habitat use of historical salmon in the Bay-Delta Watershed

September 16, 2021 174

Chinook salmon have long thrived in California’s variable climate, including prolonged drought periods, by utilizing the historical Delta’s vast habitat...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conservancy update: Analysis of juvenile salmonid habitat in the Delta

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Meetings

July 22, 2021 127

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Campbell Ingram, Executive Officer of the Delta Conservancy, updated the council...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume

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Science on the Notebook

June 3, 2021 175

This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity

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Science on the Notebook

April 26, 2021 85

Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon

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Science on the Notebook

April 22, 2021 90

“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

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Science on the Notebook

February 4, 2021 201

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

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Science on the Notebook

October 14, 2020 579

Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model...

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

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Best of the Notebook

May 6, 2020 714

Webinar takes a deep dive into the state of salmon and steelhead, and provides recommendations for resiliency In 2005, the...

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

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Meetings

May 5, 2020 798

Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta

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Science on the Notebook

August 29, 2019 700

Study results suggest removing predators won’t address the problem, but removing submerged aquatic vegetation might At the May meeting of...

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

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Best of the Notebook

August 21, 2019 1863

Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...

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

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Meetings

June 20, 2019 409

At the May 21st meeting of the State Water Board, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated Board members of ongoing...

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

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Science on the Notebook

April 25, 2019 304

Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to...

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

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Science on the Notebook

March 7, 2019 453

In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish...

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

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Best of the Notebook

January 17, 2019 649

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery is the largest salmon hatchery in California, annually producing 12...

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DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

FEATURE: Salinity Management: Putting Southern California’s water supply on a low sodium diet

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: Two perspectives on the State Water Board report, Recommendations for an Effective Water Rights Response to Climate Change

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Bay Delta Hydrology 101

CA WATER COMMISSION: Advancing Flood-MAR: What are the possibilities?

CA WATER COMMISSION: Conveyance and water rights; Considerations for conveyance across the Delta

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BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Insights into the life history and habitat use of historical salmon in the Bay-Delta Watershed

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conservancy update: Analysis of juvenile salmonid habitat in the Delta

ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume

ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity

ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

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