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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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A “Peak” into California’s Alpine Lakes and their Food Webs

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Christine A. Parisek “The Sierra Nevada is five hundred miles of rock put right. Granite freed by glaciers and lifted through clouds where water, frozen and fine, has scraped and washed it into a high country so brilliant it … Continue reading →

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Monster Fish: Lessons for Sturgeon Management in California

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Peter B. Moyle & Andrew L. Rypel If you ever watched National Geographic television and are interested fishes and rivers, you likely have some familiarity with Dr. Zeb Hogan. He hosted a series of shows on giant freshwater fishes, … Continue reading →

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A conservation bill you’ve never heard of may be the most important in a generation

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrew L. Rypel This blog is a short introduction to a lesser known federal bill that is one of the most significant pieces of fish and wildlife legislation in decades. In Spring of 2021, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and … Continue reading →

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Defending ‘Rough Fish’

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrew L. Rypel Have any of you ever reached a tipping point with some topic, issue, or bone-to-pick? Well, one benefit of being a tenured professor is the ability to speak up when you feel like the science or … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, studying the variation is the interesting thing

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel As scientists, we’re trained to key in on ‘response variables’. In my case, fisheries scientists often examine how fish physiology, populations, communities or whole ecosystems react to various environmental drivers or human alteration. Unfortunately, variation in … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Black Scientists in Fisheries & Biology

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

By Kim Luke, Christine Parisek, Rachelle Tallman, Marissa Levinson, Sarah Yarnell, Miranda Bell Tilcock, Andrew Rypel, and Jay Lund In honor of Black History Month, the Center for Watershed Sciences would like to highlight the contributions of Black scientists in … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ with the Rockfish

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel and Peter B. Moyle California is a spoil of natural resource riches. Most times, our California waterblog busies itself with important freshwater resources issues. Yet every now and again, it is refreshing and worth turning our … Continue reading →

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Initial Sampling of the Carp-DEUM Project

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Andrew Rypel

By Kim Luke, John Durand, Rachel McConnell, Aaron Sturtevant, Nina Suzuki, Andrew L. Rypel This spring, the Carp-Dependent Urgent Management (Carp-DEUM) Project began its first round of sampling in the UC Davis Arboretum before the Covid-19 lockdown. The project has … Continue reading →

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