Monthly Archives: April 2017

Facing extinction: California fishes

Posted on April 30, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Peter Moyle and Jason Baumsteiger At least two species of California fishes appear to be facing imminent extinction in the wild: delta smelt and winter-run Chinook salmon.  These species could join about 57 other North American fishes declared extinct. … Continue reading →

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GRA’s Contemporary Groundwater Issues Council weighs in on BMPs for Groundwater Sustainability Plans

Posted on April 23, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Thomas Harter, Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Reid Bryson, and Tim Parker On May 26, 2016, eight days after the California Water Commission voted to approve emergency regulations for Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the Groundwater Resources Association (GRA) held the sixth annual workshop of … Continue reading →

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Accounting for Water in the San Joaquin Valley

Posted on April 16, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Brad Arnold1, Alvar Escriva-Bou1,2, Jay Lund1, and Ellen Hanak2 University of California – Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences Public Policy Institute of California Accounting for water supplies and uses is fundamental to good water management, but it is often … Continue reading →

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California’s drought and floods are over and just beginning

Posted on April 9, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay Lund  California is a land of extremes – where preparing for extremes must be constant and eternal. The last six years demonstrated California’s precipitation extremes. From 2012-2015, California endured one of its driest years of record.  2016 was … Continue reading →

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Down the DRAIN: California gets a jump on Delta tunnels

Posted on April 1, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nan W. and Dunlay J. Frobish California took a step towards replumbing its archaic Delta water infrastructure by completing the first part of a contentious project. An intake for the first Delta tunnel was completed this fall, and with … Continue reading →

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