Blogs

A group photo of DPIIC members and tour attendees at the Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project site.

October 24, 2023

The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee:
A Decade of Progress and Partnerships with More to Come

By Delta Stewardship Council Chair Virginia Madueño and Special Assistant for Planning and Science Amanda Bohl

 

A collage of images showing dead fish, harmful algal blooms, and a caution sign.

August 17, 2023

Digitizing Data: Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Estuary

By Interagency Ecological Program Lead Scientist Dr. Steve Culberson

A Knightsen Elementary School student smiling while holding a soil sample.

July 31, 2023

From Carbon, to Communities, and the Classroom: Extending the Impact of Research Beyond the Science Itself

By Senior Environmental Scientist for Science Communication Lynn Takata and Program Manager for the Adaptive Management Unit Dr. Dylan Chapple

A graphic with Pride Month colors laid over a photo taken during a tour of the Regional San wastewater treatment plant.

June 27, 2023

Transformations to be proud of

By Science Funding Program Manager Dylan Stern

 

Flags on display for Native American Day at the California State Capitol.

May 24, 2023

How We can all be Guardians of the Delta: What We Heard at Our Tribal Listening Session

By Delta Stewardship Council Chair Virginia Madueño and Tribal Liaison Brandon Chapin

People standing on a large map of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed at Big Break Regional Shoreline.

November 17, 2022

Delta Adapts: On the Way to a Multi-Benefit Climate Adaptation Strategy

By Associate Deputy Executive Officer for Planning & Climate Harriet Lai Ross

Digital art of a restored ecosystem.

September 22, 2022

The Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment: Updated Vision and Guidance for Restoration

By Environmental Scientist Annie Merritt and Environmental Program Manager Dan Constable

 

Aerial view looking southwest toward the Byron Road Bridge near, a reservoir in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

August 30, 2022

Smarter Gambling with California’s Water Challenges

By Delta Independent Science Board Members Dr. Jay R. Lund and Dr. Thomas L. Holzer

An aerial of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

May 23, 2022

The 2022-2026 Science Action Agenda: Prioritizing Integrated Science

By Senior Environmental Scientist Rachael Klopfenstein and Environmental Program Manager Henry DeBey

Participants at a Delta Vision stakeholder meeting.

April 6, 2022

Environmental Justice Work Starts with Relationships

By Senior Environmental Planner Morgan Chow

 

A yellow steel bridge spanning the Sacramento River near Isleton, California.

March 3, 2022

Building Bridges with Science for Communities

By Senior Environmental Scientist Cory Copeland

A collection of road and business signs in the Delta, Yolo County.

August 26, 2021

Understanding People in the Face of Rapid Environmental Change

By California Sea Grant Social Science Extension Specialist Dr. Jessica Rudnick

Dr. Ryan Paerl collects water samples during a harmful algal bloom. The Paerl research team will investigate the role of harmful algal blooms in Delta water and air quality to inform human exposure guidelines and mitigation policy. Photo: Hans Paerl.

July 14, 2021

New and Transformative Delta Research Funded by State and Federal Agencies

By Henry DeBey, Dr. Emily Ryznar, Dylan Stern, Dr. Louise Conrad, and Dr. Laurel Larsen

 

Aerial view of the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project site, located in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Oakley, California.

June 8, 2021

Delta Adapts: Equity Through Adaptation

By Avery Livengood

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta waterway tule blowing in the wind.

April 5, 2021

Complexities: Thinking about the San Francisco Estuary during the 2021 Bay-Delta Science Conference

By Interagency Ecological Program Lead Scientist Dr. Steven Culberson

A flooded agricultural field reflecting clouds in Lodi, California.

February 24, 2021

Delta Adapts: Assessing Climate Change Vulnerabilities

By Assistant Planning Director Harriet Lai Ross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two small fish rest on a numerical measuring grid before being released into the Yolo Bypass.

January 7, 2019

Science Governance: Closing the Data to Decision-Making Gap

By Jessica R. Pearson and John Callaway