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FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

Maven
October 14, 2020
480
Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model for predation Over the past century, populations of salmon in Sacrame... Read More...

FEATURE: The state of the salmonids in California

Maven
May 6, 2020
589
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
590
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
669
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
1711
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
404
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
279
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
437
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
597
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
827
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
1425
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
310
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
750
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
871
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
1261
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...
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