Tag Archives: native fish

Finally, a one-stop shop for locating California’s fishes

Posted on November 8, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Nick Santos “Where?” The question is foundational to conservation biology and policy. To take a conservation action, you need to know where to act. And, yet, for decades stewards and researchers of aquatic fauna have been sorely lacking in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Drought a ghost of Christmas past — and present

Posted on December 20, 2014 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter Moyle I love this cartoon because it says so much about water and droughts in California. Alan Marciochi drew this during the 1976-77 drought. He knew what he was drawing. A farm boy from Los Banos with a degree … Continue reading →

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Saving California’s salmon during a severe drought

Posted on February 17, 2014 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter Moyle California is in one of the most severe droughts in recent years. This means water agencies are under great pressure to sacrifice river flows meant to sustain fish and wildlife for increased water delivery to farms and … Continue reading →

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The ESA, fish and me

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

“Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.”              — President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act on Dec. … Continue reading →

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‘North Delta Arc’ lifts hope for recovery of native fish

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

By John Durand Matt Young and Denise De Carion thought they had seen about all there is of fish communities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. They had surveyed nearly the entire web of channels using electrofishing boats in their years … Continue reading →

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Warmer water will kill off most of California’s native fishes

Posted on May 31, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter Moyle The peculiar pattern of rain California had this winter – virtually none in January and February – should remind us all that climate change is really happening now. “Abnormal” events will become increasingly frequent as our era … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Reconciling wild things with tamed places – a future for native fish species in the Delta

Posted on June 15, 2012 by jaylund

Peter Moyle, William Bennett, John Durand, William Fleenor, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Brian Gray, University of California – Hastings School of Law Today, the Public Policy … Continue reading →

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