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Tag Archives: Christine Parisek
Day 10 – One lucky penny
By Christine A. Parisek Imagine a time you were standing at the edge of a creek – perhaps small pebbles and cobblestone were stacked along the shallow water edge, aquatic vegetation pushed its way in between, and a light breeze … Continue reading
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Tagged alderflies, aquatic, aquatic insects, beetles, Blog Series: 12 Days of CWS, caddisflies, Christine Parisek, Coleoptera, creeks, Diptera, dobsonflies, dragonflies, Ephemeroptera, fishflies, freshwater, Hemiptera, lakes, mayflies, Megaloptera, Odonata, plecoptera, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, stoneflies, streams, trichoptera, wetlands
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Day 8 – Haikus
We invited haiku submissions from CWS members and friends to be a part of the 8th day of our California WaterBlog series, “12 Days of CWS“. A haiku is a traditional Japanese three-line poem (5-7-5 syllables) that focuses on capturing a moment, … Continue reading
Day 1 – Introducing “12 Days of CWS”
By Christine A. Parisek and Miranda Bell-Tilcock The California WaterBlog celebrates its 15th anniversary this January 2026, and so we thought we’d try out something a little special and festive this month. This December, we’re piloting a new short-post format … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog Series: 12 Days of CWS, Christine Parisek, Miranda Bell-Tilcock
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Dear Santa: A California Water Holiday Wish List
by folks at UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences: Karrigan Börk, John Durand, Jay Lund, Christine Parisek, Andrew Rypel, Kathleen Schaefer, Jonathan Walter (authors listed alphabetically, and all are now PhDs. Congratulations to Doctors Parisek and Schaefer!) ‘Tis the season … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Rypel, Christine Parisek, Jay Lund, John Durand, Jonathan Walter, Karrigan Bork, Kathleen Schaefer, wish list
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Ash in the Rivers: The Unexplored Consequences of Post-Wildfire Runoff on Freshwater Fish
By Garfield Kwan & Christine Parisek Wildfires have become a hot topic. Although wildfires are a natural part of some ecosystems (e.g. the chaparral biome), megafires (fires that burn >100,000 acres of land) are becoming increasingly common as the climate continues to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine Parisek, Delta Science Program, fish, freshwater, Garfield Kwan, Nann Fangue, rivers, wildfire
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2023 WaterBlog “Wrapped”
by Christine A. Parisek The wait is over. Your 2023 WaterBlog Wrapped is here. As we wrap up our 12th year, and 2023, we thank all our readers, partners, authors, and friends who have supported the Center for Watershed Sciences … Continue reading
How the Grinch Saved the Creek: A Collection of California Water Fables
By Scrooge Jones Did you know the Grinch played a crucial role in the return of salmon to Putah Creek? It was actually a pretty big deal. And if it wasn’t for Charlie Brown and the gang, who knows what … Continue reading
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Tagged California water, Christine Parisek, humor, Sophie Sanchez
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Schooling Fish: Behind the Scenes of Putah Creek Fish Sampling
By Christine A. Parisek, Peter B. Moyle, Joshua Porter, and Andrew L. Rypel It’s a curious thing, teaching a classroom of future fish conservationists about revitalizing degraded ecosystems. Putah Creek was an unconventional place to teach ecology. After the creek turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Rypel, Chinook salmon, Christine Parisek, communities, education, Joshua Porter, native fishes, outreach, Peter Moyle, Putah Creek, reconciliation, salmon, students
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Dispatches From the Deep Pacific
By: Sophie R. Sanchez, Christine A. Parisek, Andrew L. Rypel Monsters are lurking… Off the coast of California, down in the chilly depths of the Pacific Ocean, there lie the most unsettling denizens that appear summoned from the nightmares of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Rypel, Blackdragon, Christine Parisek, Deep Sea FIshes, Fangtooth, Halloween, Hatchetfish, humor, Pacific Ocean, Sophie Sanchez, Viperfish
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