Tag Archives: ecosystem

Ten realities for managing the Delta

Posted on July 23, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

This article was originally published Feb. 26, 2013 By Peter Moyle I have been working on Delta fishes for nearly 40 years. Increasingly, I have curmudgeonly thoughts about what is needed to make the ecosystem work better. Here I present … Continue reading →

Posted in Delta, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Ten realities for managing the Delta

Posted on February 26, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter Moyle I have been working on Delta fishes for about 40 years. Increasingly, I have curmudgeonly thoughts about what is needed to make the ecosystem work better. Here I present these thoughts as “Ten Realities” – statements of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Fish and Game’s name change reflects broader mission

Posted on November 7, 2012 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Joshua Viers and Jacob Katz, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences The California Department of Fish and Game is one of the few state agencies with an inherently likable name. Bent fishing rods come to mind. Fishing and hunting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Coho in Crisis, Part 2: Saving coho, saving salmon, restoring streams

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

By Peter Moyle In my last blog, I provided evidence that coho salmon were headed for extinction in California.  Here I discuss why and what we can do about  it.  The over-riding cause of coho decline is 150 years of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation, Fish, Restoration, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Conserving fish, conserving water, conserving California

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis California has a remarkable collection of native freshwater fishes, many of them found only in the state.  To me, these native fishes define the unique regions of the California mosaic. Southern steelhead … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Conservation, Fish, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The future of Suisun Marsh

Posted on July 28, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

By Peter Moyle If you have taken Amtrak from Sacramento to the Bay Area, you have seen Suisun Marsh.  Going west, as the train pulls out of Suisun City, you are suddenly riding through a huge wetland, with ponds full … Continue reading →

Posted in California Water, Restoration | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a 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 , , , , , , , , | 5 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 , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments