endangered species

December 7, 2016

Protection of the Bay-Delta ecosystem is at a pivotal point. The system has endured devastating drought cycles and often competing...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

November 8, 2016

Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state’s approach to ecosystem restoration Although...

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

November 2, 2016

Projects in the Sacramento Valley demonstrate the success of collaboration for the benefit of species This article first appeared in...

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

August 25, 2016

Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...

Delta smelt symposium, part 4: Panel discussion: What is the path forward among considerable uncertainty?

July 8, 2016

Panel of experts share their visions and options for the future of the Delta and longfin smelt Coverage of the...

Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration

July 7, 2016

Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...

Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

Symposium coverage, part 1: Delta and longfin smelt: Is extinction inevitable?

July 5, 2016

Part 1 of coverage of symposium covers what we know and don’t know about the Delta and longfin smelt Is...

The Bay Institute responds to Sacramento River Settlement Contractors

Other News Item

July 1, 2016

Sacramento River Settlement Contractors will receive full deliveries of water this year at the expense of the salmon runs, they...

This just in … Sacramento River Settlement Contractors frustrated by delay in implementing the Sacramento River operations plan for summer

Other News Item

June 30, 2016

Proposed Shasta Reservoir Releases Focuses Solely on Temperature for Winter Run Eggs; SRSCs Call for More Holistic Approach to Managing...

Factors that influence salmon predation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

May 26, 2016

NOAA’s Dr. Sean Hayes reviews the results of studies of salmon predation in the San Joaquin River At the April...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 2: Supporting analyses for target aquatic species; Panel’s initial recommendations

Meetings

May 5, 2016

Presentations take an in-depth look at the analyses for salmonids, sturgeon, Delta smelt, and longfin smelt; panel gives initial recommendations...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 1: Overview of the project and the endangered species consultation process

Meetings

May 4, 2016

Presentations give overview of the California Water Fix project, and an in-depth review of the Section 7(a)(2) consultation process The...

Factors controlling the abundance and distribution of species in the Bay-Delta system