Brown Bag Seminar – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

September 26, 2019

There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. ...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

Maven

Best of the Notebook

September 18, 2019

There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Synthesis within the Interagency Ecological Program: Growing to Meet Increasing Needs

Maven

Science on the Notebook

August 22, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: It’s Vital: Delta Smelt Reproduction and Resilience

Maven

Science on the Notebook

August 15, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Open Data: Making Connections for Better Science, Synthesis, and Service

Maven

Science on the Notebook

August 8, 2019

The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) is a consortium of State and federal agencies that has been conducting cooperative ecological investigations...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Adventures in Decision-oriented Ecosystem Services Modeling

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 25, 2019

Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans gain from the natural environment – things such as food,...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Ecosystem services, conservation, and the Delta

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 18, 2019

Second part of a three part series investigating ecosystem services and what it means for science in the Delta Ecosystems...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Towards multi-functional resilient landscapes: environmental heterogeneity as a bridge among diverse ecosystem services

Maven

Science on the Notebook

July 11, 2019

Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural environment and from properly-functioning ecosystems...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

Maven

Science on the Notebook

June 18, 2018

How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Development of Recommended Flow Targets to Support Biological Integrity Based on Regional Flow-Ecology Relationships for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Southern California Streams

Maven

Science on the Notebook

May 1, 2018

Dr. Eric Stein is the principal scientist at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where he oversees a variety of...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Developing Tiered Environmental Flow Criteria Using a Functional Flows Approach for California Streams

Maven

News and Features

April 1, 2018

Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta....

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: The Delta as Changing Landscapes

Maven

Science on the Notebook

June 21, 2017

Letitia Grenier is the principal investigator for the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Delta Landscapes project, which recently completed an in-depth...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Flow Dynamics and Transport of Water-Quality Constituents in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

Maven

Science on the Notebook

June 15, 2017

Dr. David Schoellhamer, Research Hydrologist for the USGS, earned his bachelors degree in civil engineering from UC Davis and a...

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

Maven

Science on the Notebook

November 10, 2016

Delta Lead Scientist Cliff Dahm discusses sources and effects of nutrients in the Delta Increasing clarity of waters, the emergence...

Deconstructing the current California drought

Maven

Best of the Notebook

November 3, 2016

Dr. Michael Dettinger takes a data dive into the impacts of the California drought California, currently in its fifth (and...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Managing water quality across boundaries

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Viewing estuaries from a ‘macroscope’: How global, regional, and local processes affect the San Francisco Bay and Delta

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Synthesis within the Interagency Ecological Program: Growing to Meet Increasing Needs

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: It’s Vital: Delta Smelt Reproduction and Resilience

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Open Data: Making Connections for Better Science, Synthesis, and Service

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Adventures in Decision-oriented Ecosystem Services Modeling

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Ecosystem services, conservation, and the Delta

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Towards multi-functional resilient landscapes: environmental heterogeneity as a bridge among diverse ecosystem services

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Development of Recommended Flow Targets to Support Biological Integrity Based on Regional Flow-Ecology Relationships for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Southern California Streams

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Developing Tiered Environmental Flow Criteria Using a Functional Flows Approach for California Streams

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: The Delta as Changing Landscapes

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Flow Dynamics and Transport of Water-Quality Constituents in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

Deconstructing the current California drought

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: The role of water quality in salmon predation

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for December 1

KAMYAR GUIVETCHI: Managing Water Resources for Sustainability & Resilience

DAILY DIGEST, 12/9: Friday

DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 12/5: Sacramento River winter-run salmon face worst year ever; These Imperial Valley farmers want to pay more for their Colorado River water; Desal offers only partial solution to growing drought; Waves of precipitation keep coming for West Coast; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More unsettled weather takes aim at West Coast; Cal Am desal plant faces tough road ahead to meet Coastal Commission conditions; Interview with outgoing Westlands longtime GM Birmingham; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 12/2: State kicks off water year with anticipated 5% allocation; Another storm this weekend; If you build it, do they come? Measuring results of the Water Forum’s habitat projects on the Lower American River; What’s next for Cal Am’s desalination plant?; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec 4-9:

NOTICE of lifting of curtailments under standard water right Term 91

ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming Soon: The Delta Residents Survey

NOTICE of 180-Day Temporary Permit Applications in Imperial County

DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

NOTICE: December 6 Weekly Update – Temporary Suspension of Curtailments in the Delta Watershed

DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: CDFW Announces $200 Million in New Grant Funding Under Drought, Climate and Nature-Based Solutions

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Watershed Remediation and Enhancement Grants to Address Impacts from Cannabis Cultivation