Monthly Archives: October 2016

The Horror of a Salmon’s Wheel of Misfortune

Posted on October 30, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Miranda Tilcock Salmon in the Stream 10 little salmon eggs, resting in a redd 1 was covered in silt, now the egg is dead 9 little alevin, with their yolks attached, 1 was washed away, and never made it … Continue reading →

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Evaluating California’s Adjudicated Groundwater Basins in the SGMA Era

Posted on October 23, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Ruth Langridge, University of California – Santa Cruz [i] Groundwater is a critical resource in California. While the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) established new requirements and increased state oversight for many overdrafted basins,[ii] groundwater basins adjudicated before … Continue reading →

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Water is for fighting over? – a review of John Fleck’s recent book

Posted on October 17, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay Lund Most expressions on Western water issues are reflex or studied advocacy favoring a single viewpoint or opposing other viewpoints.  A minority provide thoughtful and reasonably balanced insights.  John Fleck’s new book, “Water is for fighting over” is … Continue reading →

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Comparing Delta Consumptive Use: Preliminary Results from a Blind Model Comparison

Posted on October 9, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Josué Medellín-Azuara, Kyaw Tha Paw U, Yufang Jin, Quinn Hart, Eric Kent, Jenae’ Clay, Andy Wong, Andrew Bell, Martha Anderson, Daniel Howes, Forrest Melton, Tariq Kadir, Morteza Orang, Michelle M. Leinfelder-Miles, J. Andres Morande, William Li, and Jay R. … Continue reading →

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Drought Prospects in California for the New 2017 Water Year – October 1, 2016

Posted on October 3, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

This blog post has been superseded by more recent storms this water year.  See the January 2017 Tails of California’s Drought.  This older post remains of some retrospective significance in how slow and fast drought conditions can change – Jay … Continue reading →

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