Category Archives: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Striped Bass in the San Francisco Estuary: Insight Into a Forgotten Past

Posted on November 18, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Dylan Stompe and Peter Moyle Striped bass are well known throughout California as a hard-fighting game fish, excellent table fare, and a voracious predator on other fish. Striped bass were introduced into the San Francisco Estuary in 1879 and … Continue reading →

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Opportunities for Science Collaboration and Funding in the Delta

Posted on October 23, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Aston Tennefoss The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) is central to California’s water supply system, and serves a diverse group of stakeholders, including local, state, and federal agencies, elected officials, and water users. Its islands, channels, and wetlands also are … Continue reading →

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Science, the Delta, and the future of San Joaquin salmon

Posted on August 21, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Peter B. Moyle I feel fortunate to be a biologist in an era and place, California, where science matters.  Routine scientific studies rarely make headlines but they are relied on by decision makers because they reduce uncertainty, bit by … Continue reading →

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Killing Native Fishes for Fun and Predator Control

Posted on August 5, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Teejay A. O’Rear, John R. Durand, and Peter B. Moyle A recent posting of a short film on a 2017 fishing derby (FISHBIO 2018a) is disturbing to those of us interested in conserving our native fishes.  The film glorifies … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting the Delta for Desirable Fishes

Posted on April 29, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Peter Moyle, Carson Jeffres, John Durand The Delta is described in many ways.  When extolling the Delta as a tourist destination, it is described as a place of bucolic beauty; islands of productive farmland are threaded by meandering channels of … Continue reading →

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Is Ecosystem-Based Management Legal for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Brian Gray (PPIC Water Policy Center), William Stelle (former NOAA Fisheries West Coast Administrator), and Leon Szeptycki (Stanford University, Water in the West)* Introduction In a recent three-part series posted on this website, a group of independent experts (including one … Continue reading →

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Advice on Voluntary Settlements for California’s Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Part 3: Science for Ecosystem Management

Posted on February 27, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Jeffrey Mount, PPIC Water Policy Center* Recommendation Improving Delta ecosystem functions under the State Water Board’s proposed Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan will require a complex series of changes to water and land management—and a strong science program to … Continue reading →

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Advice on Voluntary Settlements for California’s Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Part 2: Recommended Actions to Improve Ecological Function in the Delta

Posted on February 21, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Jeffrey Mount, PPIC Water Policy Center* Recommendation By strategically linking freshwater flow releases with the management of tidal energy and investments in landscape changes in the Delta, it is possible to improve ecological food webs and habitat for native … Continue reading →

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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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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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