http://californiawaterblog.com A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/cb88542dff0d60f8d58c9bcc44ed0708?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://californiawaterblog.com http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/17/the-delta-wont-rise-again/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/17/the-delta-wont-rise-again/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:04:40 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2359 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/17/the-delta-wont-rise-again/feed/ 1 californiawaterblog Source: Calif. Dept. of Water Resources (1995) Jones Tract levee break, 2004. Source: California Dept. of Water Resources Submerged crops on Delta's flooded Jones Tract island, 2004. Source: Calif. Dept. of Water Resources Owners abandoned the Delta's Liberty Island after it flooded in 1998. Source: Calif. Dept. of Water Resources. http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/10/the-new-normal-water-year-in-a-changing-california-climate/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/10/the-new-normal-water-year-in-a-changing-california-climate/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:33:48 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2345 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/06/10/the-new-normal-water-year-in-a-changing-california-climate/feed/ 6 californiawaterblog xxxxx. Source: California Dept. of Water Resources a1_wyt b1_wyt http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/31/warmer-water-will-kill-off-most-of-californias-native-fishes/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/31/warmer-water-will-kill-off-most-of-californias-native-fishes/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 16:10:58 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2329 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/31/warmer-water-will-kill-off-most-of-californias-native-fishes/feed/ 3 californiawaterblog Coho salmon at a fish gate along the Shasta River. Source: UC Davis Peter Moyle with a pikeminnow in Putah Creek. Source: Jacob Katz xxx http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/16/what-lies-in-store-for-the-state-water-bond/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/16/what-lies-in-store-for-the-state-water-bond/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:39:48 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2307 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/16/what-lies-in-store-for-the-state-water-bond/feed/ 2 californiawaterblog The pumps that lift the California Aqueduct over the Tehachapis form the highest single lift pumping plant in the world.here are 14 4-stage 80,000-horsepower centrifugal pumps that push the water up to the top of the mountain. This is a picture of the top of the pumps; the pumps themselves extend downward six floors. The state's Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant lifts water from the Delta 244 feet up into the California Aqueduct for export to cities and farms south. Source: State Dept. of Water Resources http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/09/a-sweet-spot-for-farms-and-fish-on-a-floodplain/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/09/a-sweet-spot-for-farms-and-fish-on-a-floodplain/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 22:11:57 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2274 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/09/a-sweet-spot-for-farms-and-fish-on-a-floodplain/feed/ 1 californiawaterblog 1bypass.png overview 2 xxxx Green shade with blue hatching shows footprint of area that would be inundated under the 6,000 cfs flooding scenario. Source: Yolo County g Scientists release salmon in Yolo Bypass, Feb. 20, 2013. Source: UC Davis Researchers release thousands of baby salmon in the Yolo Bypass on Feb. 19, 2013. Source: UC Davis http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/04/life-springs-in-sierra-rivers-as-springtime-flows-recede/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/04/life-springs-in-sierra-rivers-as-springtime-flows-recede/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 04:11:49 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2262 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/05/04/life-springs-in-sierra-rivers-as-springtime-flows-recede/feed/ 1 californiawaterblog Eric Holmes, researcher with the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, searches for frog eggs as spring snowmelt flow recede in the Rubicon River, a tributary to the Middle Fork American River. Source: Ryan Peek Source: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Source: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Eggs masses laid by the foothill yellow-legged frog cling to submerged river rocks, as shown here in the north fork Feather River. Photo by Ryan Peek The rare foothill yellow-legged frog is the only amphibian in California that breeds exclusively in rivers and streams. Source: Ryan Peak http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/23/a-confluence-of-whitewater-and-watershed-scientists/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/23/a-confluence-of-whitewater-and-watershed-scientists/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:34:38 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2217 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/23/a-confluence-of-whitewater-and-watershed-scientists/feed/ 2 californiawaterblog Zack Steel Steel enters Triple Threat - class 3 rapids. Photo/Eric Holmes Ryan Peek Photo: UC Davis Source: CaliforniaWhitewater.com Eric Holmes Rafting guide trainees celebrate passage through "Surprise," the last rapid in their run. jeff http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/16/jerry-orlob-legendary-mentor-for-california-water-engineers/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/16/jerry-orlob-legendary-mentor-for-california-water-engineers/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:27:29 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2193 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/16/jerry-orlob-legendary-mentor-for-california-water-engineers/feed/ 3 californiawaterblog orlob_mug Jerry left big shoes to fill. http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/10/uc-davis-speakers-series-critical-problems-for-california-water-policy/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/10/uc-davis-speakers-series-critical-problems-for-california-water-policy/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:19:05 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2165 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/10/uc-davis-speakers-series-critical-problems-for-california-water-policy/feed/ 1 californiawaterblog U C Davis Center for Watershed Sciences recently presented a series of talks on California water policy, including one by California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird. Photo: UC Davis Felicis Marcus, State Water Resources Control Board. Photo by UC Davis Mark Cowin, director of the State Department of Water Resources. Photo: UC Davis Tim Washburn, planning director, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. Photo: UC Davis http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/01/large-delta-smelt-population-found-south-of-delta/ http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/01/large-delta-smelt-population-found-south-of-delta/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:55:14 +0000 UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences http://californiawaterblog.com/?p=2120 Continue reading →]]> http://californiawaterblog.com/2013/04/01/large-delta-smelt-population-found-south-of-delta/feed/ 2 californiawaterblog Peter Moyle, UC Davis professor of fish biology, said he was stunned to find a delta smelt he could hold in both hands. Photo by Jacob Katz-Ragatz "It handled more like a wide mouth bass," the Watershed Center's Carson Jeffres said of the delta smelt captured in his trawl of Silverwood Lake. Dr. Moyle's delta smelt catch at Castaic Lake drew much attention from nearby bait fishermen The Southern California Delta Fishing Derby allows delta smelt to be taken "by any means" within the maw.