DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: California’s rainy season is becoming shorter and sharper Maven Science on the Notebook March 31, 2021At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a new research paper on the changing...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Farm to Fish: Lessons from a Multi-Year Study on Agricultural Floodplain Habitat, plus an update on activities of the Delta Science Program Maven Science on the Notebook March 4, 2021At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen discussed a new report on the...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Bay-Delta research from the most recent issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Plus: Can otters thrive in San Francisco Bay? Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls February 26, 2021North America’s largest and most ancient freshwater fish species, white sturgeon, hang out in some kinds of Estuary waterways more...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program Maven Science on the Notebook February 4, 2021At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...
DELTA ISB: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: an overview Maven Best of the Notebook January 20, 2021Water supply reliability. It’s half of the co-equal goals of “providing a more reliable water supply for California and protecting,...
DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta foodweb Maven Best of the Notebook January 14, 2021The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources Maven Science on the Notebook January 7, 2021Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Salmon estimates, behavior, and disease; Fish passage structures, Another non-native species in the Delta, and more … Estuary News Group Estuary Pearls November 21, 2020In the latest issue of Estuary Pearls: As organizations and agencies scramble to preserve the Central Valley’s dwindling Chinook salmon...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Delta fish surveys, A busy month for workshops, Delta science proposal solicitation, and call for abstracts for the 2021 Bay Delta Science Conference Maven Science on the Notebook November 6, 2020At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen began the Delta Lead Scientist report by spotlighting...
FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta Maven Science on the Notebook October 14, 2020Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Overview of paper on the 2012-2016 drought in the Delta Maven Science on the Notebook October 8, 2020Dr. Laurel Larsen officially started September 1st as the new Delta Lead Scientist; however, she is finishing up a sabbatical...
GUEST COMMENTARY: From “Wicked” to “Complex”: A New Lead Scientist’s Outlook on Growing Our Understanding of Delta Science Maven Guest contributors September 23, 2020By Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen “My first exposure to the story of water in California came through a...
HISTORY: Delta Independent Science Board: 10 Years On Maven Science on the Notebook September 10, 2020The Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB) is a 10-member board comprised of prominent scientists from different disciplines across...
ECO RESTORE UPDATE: Five years in, program makes big gains on Delta habitat restoration Maven Meetings September 3, 2020California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: New research papers focus on habitat, flow, predation Maven Meetings July 30, 2020[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated the Council on...
