Monthly Archives: January 2018

Ecological Incentives for Delta Water Exports

Posted on January 24, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Jay Lund and Peter Moyle All parties in the Delta have an interest in a healthy ecosystem and in healthy water exports.  Without a healthy ecosystem, endangered species requirements increasingly intrude on water exports and Delta landowners.  Without healthy … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Water in California

Posted on January 22, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Erik Porse Los Angeles is a grand American urban experiment. It brings emerging ideas into the mainstream, sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse. In the early 20th Century, it seemed fanciful to build a metropolis in a region … Continue reading →

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Will Delta Smelt Have a Happy New Year?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by James Hobbs and Peter Moyle The results of 2017 surveys of Delta fishes are coming in. Already, the results are clear:  it was an unhappy year for Delta smelt. The wet year with high outflows should have created an … Continue reading →

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New paths to survival for endangered winter run Chinook salmon

Posted on January 7, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Anna Sturrock and Corey Phillis Many Californians have seen headlines about endangered Sacramento River Winter Run Chinook salmon (“winter run”) on the “brink of extinction.” But not many people know exactly what winter run are, nor why they are … Continue reading →

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