Category Archives: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Reconciling wild things with tamed places – a future for native fish species in the Delta

Posted on June 15, 2012 by jaylund

Peter Moyle, William Bennett, John Durand, William Fleenor, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Brian Gray, University of California – Hastings School of Law Today, the Public Policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Fish, reconciliation, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Stressors | Tagged Delta, Ellen Hanak Brian Gray, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, John Durand, native fish, Peter Moyle, Public Policy Institute of California, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, William Bennett, William Fleenor | 2 Comments

Water and California’s Economy

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco, CA Jay Lund, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis Buzz Thompson, Stanford School of Law Today, PPIC released “Water and the California Economy,” a report that presents … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Economy, Floodplains, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sustainability, Water Supply and Wastewater | Tagged California, economics, floodplain, Jay Lund, levees, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water planning, water supply | 4 Comments

Some springtime reading on California water

Posted on May 2, 2012 by jaylund

Jay R. Lund, Director, Center for Watershed Sciences and the Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis California is a wonderful place to study water, with so many interesting and important problems, many thoughtful and … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Central Valley, Jay Lund, Suggested Reading, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water management | Leave a comment

Wanted: An integrated strategy for recovery of Central Valley salmon

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

Jacob Katz, Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Watershed Sciences Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California – Davis Historically, the rivers of the Central Valley had seasonally variable stream flows and diverse habitats. Rivers tended to flood in winter, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Conservation, Dam Removal, Fish, Restoration, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sustainability | Tagged adaptive management, California, Central Valley, Chinook salmon, fish biology, fish migration, Moyle, restoration, salmon, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 2 Comments

Have our salmon and eat them too: Re-thinking Central Valley salmon hatcheries

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

By Jacob Katz and Peter Moyle In the previous blog, Jay Lund argued that wide-scale, integrated management of California’s water system will better balance water needs of the environment and water demands by humans. Here we expand on the need … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Conservation, Fish, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Central Valley, Chinook salmon, Delta, extinction, fish biology, fish migration, hatchery, Peter Moyle, salmon, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 3 Comments

Extinction is a sustainable condition

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Sustainability is favored by everyone, but, people and groups view and use sustainability differently. Alas, as Keynes observed, “In the long run we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sustainability | Leave a comment

A tribute to Alex Hildebrand

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

One of the best minds of the Delta and its most devoted advocate has left us. Alex Hildebrand passed away Monday at the venerable age of 98. Alex cared deeply for the land and the water of the South Delta, … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Delta, In Memoriam, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 1 Comment

Whither the Delta economy?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Josue Medellín-Azuara, Richard Howitt, Jay Lund – University of California, Davis Ellen Hanak – Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Today, PPIC and UC Davis released a new report on the economy of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. “Transitions for … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Economy, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged Delta, Delta islands, economics, Jay Lund, subsidence, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water management, water planning | Leave a comment

Israel’s Delta – The Hula Valley

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis History has many cases of deltas, lakes, and marshlands which have been “reclaimed” for agriculture, then as agriculture became uneconomical, have been returned to … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the World, Planning and Management, Restoration, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged Delta, Jay Lund, restoration, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 1 Comment

Has human water use peaked in California?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Senior Policy Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco For over a century, water planning and policy in California … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Economy, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Water Conservation | Tagged CA State Water Project, California, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water conservation, water management, water planning, water supply | 1 Comment

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Category Archives: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Reconciling wild things with tamed places – a future for native fish species in the Delta

Water and California’s Economy

Some springtime reading on California water

Wanted: An integrated strategy for recovery of Central Valley salmon

Have our salmon and eat them too: Re-thinking Central Valley salmon hatcheries

Extinction is a sustainable condition

A tribute to Alex Hildebrand

Whither the Delta economy?

Israel’s Delta – The Hula Valley

Has human water use peaked in California?

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