Yolo Bypass – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

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

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: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass

Maven

March 3, 2020

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At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the projects and activities happening underway the Yolo Bypass. OVERVIEW OF THE YO... Read More...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project

Maven

February 14, 2019

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The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern end of the Yolo Bypass within the Cache Slough Complex. The Projec... 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...

Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 4: New momentum for habitat restoration, integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

Maven

June 4, 2015

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Reclamation, DWR, and Yolo County official report on progress on integration efforts in the Yolo Bypass In between Sacramento and Davis lies the Yolo Bypass, a narrow strip of land that finds itself in the cro... Read More...

Yolo Bypass Symposium, Part 3: Farms, flood, fish, and fowl: Putting the puzzle together

Maven

February 20, 2015

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Stakeholders discuss how to integrating the multiple plans and processes in the Yolo Bypass Land use in the Yolo Bypass is dominated by agriculture; it is part of Yolo County’s heritage as well as a vital of i... Read More...

Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum

Maven

February 19, 2015

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Restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring waterfowl populations in the Yolo Bypass; can the same happen now for fish? Plus the latest research on methylmercury and wetlands restoration. Flooded Yolo By... Read More...

Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities

Maven

February 18, 2015

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Flooding in the Yolo Bypass, March of 2011 Symposium focuses on how to integrate agriculture, wildlife, and public access on the managed floodplain In between Sacramento and Davis lies the Yolo Bypass, a nar... Read More...

California Water Action Plan implementation coordination and progress; Integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

Maven

January 7, 2015

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Janelle Beland and Kris Tjernell from the California Natural Resources Agency brief the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee on the progress in implementing the California Water Action Plan and the e... Read More...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here?

Maven

May 12, 2014

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The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s California Environmental Law & Policy Center in the spring of 2014, brought toget... Read More...

Success in the Delta through collaboration and coordination: The California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the Yolo Bypass Foundation, and the Cosumnes River Preserve

Maven

April 23, 2014

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Click here for more from the Delta Stewardship Council.The theme of successful collaborations in the Delta continued with the last agenda item of the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council. “This is... Read More...

Science news & reports: Modeling the Yolo Bypass, Knaggs Ranch results, nitrogen study, Elwha River restoration and geoengineering

Maven

October 24, 2013

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Yolo BypassPhoto by Maven New hydraulic modeling software aids in Yolo Bypass floodplain restoration: The crew at UC Davis test drove a new hydraulic model developed by the Army Corps in their ongoing stud... Read More...

Tim Washburn on the history and future of Sacramento’s flood control system

Maven

March 28, 2013

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On March 11th, 2013, the California Water Policy Seminar Series at UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences continued, hosting Tim Washburn, the Director of Planning for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. ... Read More...

Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Engaging Diverse Communities around Water, Climate, and the Environment

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS, PART 2: What do managers need to know to effectively make decisions in the future Delta?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Franks Tract Futures: Using map based public surveys to inform a participatory multi-benefit design project

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

CA WATER COMMISSION: Climate change effects on the State Water Project and Central Valley Project

FEATURE: The state of California’s environment

GROUNDWATER 101: The basics

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

FEATURE: Water rights 101

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

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: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project

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

Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 4: New momentum for habitat restoration, integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

Yolo Bypass Symposium, Part 3: Farms, flood, fish, and fowl: Putting the puzzle together

Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum

Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities

California Water Action Plan implementation coordination and progress; Integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here?

Success in the Delta through collaboration and coordination: The California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the Yolo Bypass Foundation, and the Cosumnes River Preserve

Science news & reports: Modeling the Yolo Bypass, Knaggs Ranch results, nitrogen study, Elwha River restoration and geoengineering

Tim Washburn on the history and future of Sacramento’s flood control system

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