Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Spawning Dead: Why Zombie Fish are the Anti-Apocalypse

Posted on October 29, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Mollie Ogaz   Imagine you are on the bank of a river or stream in California’s Central Valley. It is just past sunset, leaves rustle overhead, and you feel a tingling along your spine. Suddenly a zombie fish leaps … Continue reading →

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Facing Rollbacks, California Must Protect Drinking Water, Wetlands

Posted on October 27, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Richard Frank This article originally appeared on Water Deeply. You can find the original here. Californians strongly support action by state and federal agencies to ensure that the water in our streams and the water we drink are free … Continue reading →

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Meet Dr. Andrew Rypel, our new fish squeezer

Posted on October 15, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

This year, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andrew Rypel to UC Davis and the Center for Watershed Sciences to his appointment as the new Peter B. Moyle and California Trout Endowed Chair in Coldwater Fishes. Dr. Rypel shares some of this thoughts about fish, science, … Continue reading →

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Accounting for groundwater movement between subbasins under SGMA

Posted on October 8, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Christina Buck, Jim Blanke, Reza Namvar, and Thomas Harter The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) presents many new challenges and opportunities.  One challenge is accounting for ‘interbasin flow,’ or subsurface groundwater movement between subbasins, a piece of the overall … Continue reading →

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20 Years Ago a Pretty Good Idea: The UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

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

by Jeffrey Mount The UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences turns 20 years old this month.  I am the first Director of the Center.  The current Director — Jay Lund — asked me to write an  account of the origins … Continue reading →

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