adaptive management

March 31, 2021

The session began with Karen Kayfetz, program manager at the Delta Science Program, discussing what it means to practice adaptive...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Science and adaptive management in action; Integrating past and future monitoring

March 5, 2020

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the West Coast. When complete,...

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 4: Case studies from the Bay Delta system

April 25, 2019

Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to...

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 3: Challenges and lessons learned with adaptive management in the Bay-Delta

April 18, 2019

Panel of Delta project managers discuss how they apply adaptive management in their projects Adaptive management is defined in the...

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 2: How adaptive management is applied in other ecosystems

April 11, 2019

Presentations highlight structured decision making, collective action on invasive species, and a scoring system for restoration projects Adaptive management is...

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FORUM, Part 1: Panel shares perspectives on and experience with adaptive management

April 4, 2019

Panelists discuss what adaptive management is in a practical sense and how it can effectively be implemented in the Delta...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Developing a Delta habitat restoration adaptive management program

News and Features

October 11, 2018

Presentation covers what is adaptive management, why is it important, and why an adaptive management program is needed Habitat restoration...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Advancing Tidal Wetland Restoration in a Regional Adaptive Management Framework

February 16, 2017

Dr. Gerrit Platenkamp: Adaptive management in a regional context faces challenges with monitoring, experimentation, and adaptation At the Bay Delta...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Managing the state and federal water projects: The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program

Best of the Notebook

January 25, 2017

Part 1: Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program: Moving from Litigation to Collaboration The Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program...

Adaptive management of the nutrient problem in the Delta: Integrating science and policy

May 12, 2016

Dr. Lisa Thompson discusses the upgrades to Sacramento’s wastewater treatment plant; highlights a new study on the effects of wastewater...

Adaptive Management in Action: The South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project

April 14, 2016

The largest wetlands restoration project on the West Coast, the project provides a working example for an adaptive management framework...

Integrated ecosystem modeling for adaptive management: Lessons from 40 years of decision support in the Great Lakes

March 31, 2016

Limnotech’s Dr. John Wolfe presents two case studies from the Great Lakes which utilized integrated modeling and adaptive management to...

Adaptive approaches to wetland restoration in Southern California

March 24, 2016

Delta Independent Science Board member Dr. Joy Zedler shares her insights on the ups and downs of coastal wetland restoration...

Improving adaptive management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta