In science news this week: Elkhorn Slough designated ‘Wetland of International Importance’: “Congressman Jimmy Panetta, California State Senator Bill Monning, State Assemblymember Mark Stone, and representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Elkhorn Slough Foundation gathered on October 5 at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Hester Marsh to celebrate the designation of Elkhorn Slough as a Wetland of International Importance by the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.  With … Continue reading SCIENCE NEWS: Elkhorn Slough designated ‘Wetland of International Importance’; Navigating the complex intersections of the Bay Delta; Two Pacific Flyway States band together to manage geese; and more …