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Roaches of California: Hidden Biodiversity in a Native Minnow

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Christine Parisek

by Peter B. Moyle *This is a repost of a blog originally published in 2019. If you inspect small streams in northern California, including those that seem too small or warm for any fish, you will often see minnows swimming … Continue reading →

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Support our Students and Engagement at the Center for Watershed Sciences

Posted on April 19, 2024 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

California WaterBlog is a long-running outreach project from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, a research center dedicated to interdisciplinary study of water challenges, particularly in California. We focus on environmentally and economically sustainable solutions for managing rivers, lakes, … Continue reading →

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Mornings at the Duck Pond

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel Each morning is similar, but different. As we approach the pond on the wooden catwalk, you can hear the birds calling, eventually you start to smell the freshness of the ecosystem, the glitters and splashing ahead … Continue reading →

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Spinning Salmon in the Classroom

Posted on April 7, 2024 by jaylund

by Abigail Ward and Peggy Harte Salmon face many stressors that significantly reduce their survival. Persistent challenges include habitat degradation, predation, pollution, and climate change that threaten already at-risk populations. Conservation efforts in California engage with the complexity of these … Continue reading →

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California’s March Water Madness

Posted on March 24, 2024 by jaylund

by Jay Lund March is usually the last month in California’s mostly unpredictable wet season.  A dry March can make a promising water year disappointing.  A very wet March can make a potentially critically dry year be only mildly dry, … Continue reading →

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Love Alpaugh: Celebrating the life and legacy of Sandra Meraz

Posted on March 17, 2024 by Christine Parisek

By Kristin Dobbin “Some people say Alpaugh is the stepchild of Tulare County; I say we’re the forgotten ones. Rural families are an endangered species.” – Sandra Meraz, Dec 2014 in the LA Times When Alexandrina “Sandra” Meraz arrived in … Continue reading →

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A Functional Flows approach for Environmental Flows in Chile

Posted on March 10, 2024 by jaylund

by Sarah Yarnell, Diego Rivera Salazar, Camila Boettiger, and Jay Lund Countries, regions, and river basins globally are struggling to provide and manage flows in rivers for ecosystems.  One approach, of many, is a Functional Flows approach, because it seeks … Continue reading →

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Minimum Flow Laws in California and Chile

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Christine Parisek

By Camila Boettiger, Karrigan Börk, Roberto Ponce Oliva, Diego Rivera, Jay Lund, and Sarah Yarnell California and Chile share a history of water allocation with little regard for instream uses of water, especially environmental uses. In California, for example, many … Continue reading →

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Can large dams help feed downstream ecosystems?

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Christine Parisek

By Francisco J. Bellido-Leiva, Nicholas Corline, and Robert A. Lusardi About 1,500 dams obstruct, modify, and regulate flow in all but one of California’s major rivers. These dams provide Californians with reliable drinking and irrigation water, flood protection for low-lying … Continue reading →

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Seven conservation lessons I learned in government work

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel *this is a repost of a blog originally published in 2020. Before joining the faculty at UC Davis, I spent the previous five years as a research scientist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in … Continue reading →

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