SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food Maven Delta scienceScience June 7, 2023 255The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...
USBR: Reclamation, DWR break ground on second phase of “Big Notch” Fish Passage Project Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News July 5, 2022 3Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation:...
DWR: Groundbreaking marks largest floodplain salmon rearing habitat project in California history Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News June 23, 2022By the Department of Water Resources: Federal and state agencies broke ground today on a project that will become the...
NOTICE: Certificate of Consistency filed for Yolo Bypass East Levee Project Delta Stewardship Council ANNOUNCEMENTS January 29, 2022 138From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for a covered action has been...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project (Big Notch) Maven Notebook News and Features January 25, 2022 1350At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, the agenda included an informational briefing on the Yolo Bypass Salmonid...
ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more Estuary News Group Delta scienceScience December 17, 2021 193New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...
WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project restoration efforts in the Delta Maven Notebook News and Features November 17, 2020 362One of the goals in the California Water Commission’s strategic plan directs the Commission to remain apprised of the operations...
CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project Maven Notebook News and Features May 5, 2020 1100Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...
METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass Maven Notebook News and Features March 3, 2020 380At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project Maven Delta science February 14, 2019 924The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern...
USGS: Mercury’s Lasting Legacy: Measuring Contamination in Cache Creek USGS News June 12, 2017By the USGS California Water Science Center: On a cold, rainy morning in late January, a group of scientists from...
Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features August 25, 2016 1651Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 4: New momentum for habitat restoration, integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass Maven Notebook News and Features June 4, 2015 333Reclamation, DWR, and Yolo County official report on progress on integration efforts in the Yolo Bypass In between Sacramento and...
Yolo Bypass Symposium, Part 3: Farms, flood, fish, and fowl: Putting the puzzle together Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science February 20, 2015 742Stakeholders discuss how to integrating the multiple plans and processes in the Yolo Bypass Land use in the Yolo Bypass...
Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science February 19, 2015 848Restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring waterfowl populations in the Yolo Bypass; can the same happen now for fish? Plus...
