Yolo Bypass

November 17, 2020

One of the goals in the California Water Commission’s strategic plan directs the Commission to remain apprised of the operations...

CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project

May 5, 2020

Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass

March 3, 2020

At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Restoration in the Cache Slough Complex: The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project

Science on the Notebook

February 14, 2019

The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern...

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 Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, part 4: New momentum for habitat restoration, integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

June 4, 2015

Reclamation, DWR, and Yolo County official report on progress on integration efforts in the Yolo Bypass In between Sacramento and...

Yolo Bypass Symposium, Part 3: Farms, flood, fish, and fowl: Putting the puzzle together

February 20, 2015

Stakeholders discuss how to integrating the multiple plans and processes in the Yolo Bypass Land use in the Yolo Bypass...

Yolo Bypass Symposium part 2: Fish, fowl, and the mercury conundrum

February 19, 2015

Restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring waterfowl populations in the Yolo Bypass; can the same happen now for fish? Plus...

Yolo Bypass Symposium, part 1: A flood of plans and possibilities

February 18, 2015

Symposium focuses on how to integrate agriculture, wildlife, and public access on the managed floodplain In between Sacramento and Davis...

California Water Action Plan implementation coordination and progress; Integrating flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo Bypass

January 7, 2015

Janelle Beland and Kris Tjernell from the California Natural Resources Agency brief the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee on the...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here?

May 12, 2014

The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s California...

Success in the Delta through collaboration and coordination: The California Water Quality Monitoring Council, the Yolo Bypass Foundation, and the Cosumnes River Preserve

April 23, 2014

The theme of successful collaborations in the Delta continued with the last agenda item of the March meeting of the...

Tim Washburn on the history and future of Sacramento’s flood control system