BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Suisun Marsh: On the edge of resilience in an era of rapid change Maven Delta scienceEcosystems July 15, 2021Dr. John Durand is a senior scientist at UC Davis who, along with his colleagues, Teejay O’Rear and Dr. Peter...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: How fish interact with wetland topography Maven EcosystemsScience Podcasts February 12, 2021In this podcast, reporter Alastair Bland and UC Davis PhD student and fish researcher David Ayers discuss the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
SCIENCE IN SHORT PODCAST: How fish interact with wetland topography Maven EcosystemsScience Podcasts September 27, 2020Click here to check out the new Delta Science page on the Notebook Maven’s Notebook · SCIENCE IN SHORT:...
STATE OF THE ESTUARY: The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: A regional vision for coordinated monitoring Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features February 6, 2020An update on the development of a regional plan to monitor the restoration of tidal marshes in the San Francisco...
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 4: Case studies from the Bay Delta system Maven Delta science April 25, 2019Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Monitoring and Managing Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Tidal Marshes in the San Francisco Estuary Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features February 28, 2019Once not all that long ago, the prevailing thought was that if tidal marsh remnants were protected and carefully managed,...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Science-Based Regulatory Permitting for Resilient Tidal Habitat Restorations Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 21, 2019The permitting of tidal restoration projects is most often a costly and time-consuming process, causing substantial delays in implementation while...
DWR: Dutch Slough Project Creates Richer Habitat for Delta Fish and Wildlife Department of Water Resources (DWR) Ecosystems December 14, 2018By DWR The Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently broke ground on the Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project, the largest...
DWR: Decker Island project restores 140 acres of tidal wetland habitat, aims to boost fish survival rates Department of Water Resources (DWR) Ecosystems November 15, 2018By the Department of Water Resources: DWR recently completed construction that transforms an island in the heart of the Sacramento-San...
Fish Restoration Program Update: Prospect Island Tidal Habitat Restoration Project, Real estate acquisition, Regional salinity monitoring, and Restoration RFP Department of Water Resources (DWR) Ecosystems May 22, 2017From the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Advancing Tidal Wetland Restoration in a Regional Adaptive Management Framework Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features February 16, 2017Dr. Gerrit Platenkamp: Adaptive management in a regional context faces challenges with monitoring, experimentation, and adaptation At the Bay Delta...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Problems and promise of restoring tidal marsh to benefit native fishes Maven Delta scienceEcosystems February 9, 2017Dr. John Durand discusses the effectiveness of existing and proposed tidal marsh restoration sites in the Suisun Marsh and the...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Laying the foundation for an ecosystem restoration amendment to the Delta Plan Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features October 19, 2016Panel discussion features presentations on SFEI’s upcoming report, A Delta Renewed, and DFW’s Delta Conservation Framework effort In April of...
Alternative monitoring approaches for large Bay-Delta estuarine wetland restoration projects Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features September 8, 2016Adapting to uncertainty or novelty during accelerated climate change In recent years, many tidal wetland restoration projects have become larger...
Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 7, 2016Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...
