Monthly Archives: October 2013

Halloween horrors and machetes on the Butte

Posted on October 30, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Chris Bowman Photos by Bill Husa, Chico Enterprise-Record They spook the faint-of-heart every Halloween. Ghoulish, hollow-eyed creatures stumble about like they’re half-dead. Their skin is mottled from open sores. Rotting lips peel back to reveal horrific grins. But enough … Continue reading →

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‘North Delta Arc’ lifts hope for recovery of native fish

Posted on October 26, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By John Durand Matt Young and Denise De Carion thought they had seen about all there is of fish communities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. They had surveyed nearly the entire web of channels using electrofishing boats in their years … Continue reading →

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Innovations in floodplain modeling: A test-drive on the Yolo Bypass

Posted on October 18, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

High-resolution simulation of 2006 flooding in Yolo Bypass Video shows a swollen Sacramento River spilling over the Fremont weir into the 57,000-acre floodway. Notice that the floodwaters spread through individual irrigation ditches and drains, the blue hues darkening as levels rise. … Continue reading →

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Groundwater and climate change in California

Posted on October 9, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Andrew Fisher, Graham Fogg, Joshua Viers, Jay Lund, Ruth Langridge and Patricia Holden For all the talk of climate change adaptation, California has yet to comprehensively address the effects of warmer temperatures and changing weather patterns on the state’s … Continue reading →

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