Category Archives: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Delta science in a post-Wanger world

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Jeffrey F. Mount, Founding Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis The Chief Scientist for the Delta has retired. No, not Cliff Dahm. He’s the Lead Scientist for the Delta Science Program (although he is … Continue reading →

Multiple stressors – funding the Delta like a public sewer

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis “There once was a woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.” It has become … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Economy, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Water Supply and Wastewater | Tagged California, Delta, economics, Jay Lund, multiple stressors, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, wastewater, water supply | Leave a comment

Boldly approach the Delta’s future

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

By Jay R. Lund and Ellen Hanak Policy decisions on how to manage the lands and waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are unavoidably controversial. The Delta Stewardship Council’s first Delta Plan, now under development, presents a rare opportunity to … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Economy, Planning and Management, Restoration, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Uncategorized | Tagged California, Delta, Delta islands, economics, floods, Jay Lund, levees, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 1 Comment

The Stockholm Syndrome in Water Planning in California

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Jeffrey F. Mount, Founding Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis “…plans are nothing, planning is indispensable” – Dwight D. Eisenhower “If planning is everything, maybe it’s nothing” – Aaron Wildofsky. We all know the … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Planning and Management, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged adaptive management, California, Delta, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water management, water planning | 3 Comments

Adaptive management and experimental island flooding in the Delta

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Robyn J. Suddeth, Hydrology Graduate Student, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Like many of the world’s deltas, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is in transition. A deteriorating native ecosystem, conflicting water quality objectives, and a fragile levee system are … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Climate Change, Floodplains, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Delta, Delta islands, floods, levees, subsidence, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | Leave a comment

Adaptive management means never having to say you’re sorry

Posted on July 21, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Jay R. Lund, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California Brian Gray, University of California – Hastings, College of the Law The words “adaptive management” appear in almost … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged adaptive management, California, Delta, habitat, multiple stressors, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water conservation, water management | 5 Comments

Managing for multiple stressors in the Delta

Posted on July 7, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Ellen Hanak1, Jay Lund2, Peter Moyle3, Jeffrey Mount4, Brian Gray5 and Barton “Buzz” Thompson6 Across California, native fish populations are in sharp decline, despite decades of well-intentioned efforts to reverse the effects of harmful water and land management policies … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Delta, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, Moyle, multiple stressors, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, water management | 1 Comment

No going back for the Delta, but which way forward?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Jay Lund, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Jeffrey Mount, Professor of Geology, University of … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, reconciliation, Restoration, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged California, Delta, ecosystem, estuary, reconciliation, subsidence, Suisun Marsh, tidal marsh habitat, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 5 Comments

The Delta, in 3-D

Posted on May 19, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Jay Lund, UC Davis Professor of Engineering Time and tide wait for no man, and change in the Delta won’t wait for a computer model either. Continued land subsidence and sea level rise, increasing likelihood of a major earthquake, … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged computer modeling, Delta, flooded islands, hydrodynamic modeling, subsidence, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences | 3 Comments

New Life for the Delta Ecosystem

Posted on April 21, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California-Davis The Delta and Suisun Marsh were once part of a continuous, enormously productive aquatic ecosystem that supported dense populations of fish from Sacramento perch to salmon, huge flocks of wintering waterfowl, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged Delta, ecosystem, estuary, export reduction, floodplain, flow restoration, flows, San Francisco Estuary, Suisun Marsh, tidal marsh habitat, variability | 2 Comments

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Category Archives: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Delta science in a post-Wanger world

Multiple stressors – funding the Delta like a public sewer

Boldly approach the Delta’s future

The Stockholm Syndrome in Water Planning in California

Adaptive management and experimental island flooding in the Delta

Adaptive management means never having to say you’re sorry

Managing for multiple stressors in the Delta

No going back for the Delta, but which way forward?

The Delta, in 3-D

New Life for the Delta Ecosystem

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