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Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta

The New York Times' Travel series "Autumn Journeys" recently featured California's Delta! The article features beautiful photographs of California's Delta, information on the Sacramento and San Joaquin waterways, and a conversation with Peter Moyle.

Carson Jeffres receives the 2021 Faculty & Staff Stewardship Award

Congratulations, Carson Jeffres! This award is given by the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees to honor and celebrate individuals who, although their job descriptions may not include donor stewardship, demonstrate excellent results in engaging with and acknowledging our supporters. This award celebrates the important role that faculty and staff play in donor stewardship and relationship-building.

Classifying California’s stream thermal regimes for cold-water conservation

New research shows that dams are ineffective for cold-water conservation and California's regulated streams fail cold-water ecosystems, reports a new study by CWS researchers Drs. Ann Willis, Ryan Peek, and Andrew Rypel. The thermal regimes of 77 California stream sites were modeled evaluate variation nested within each stream class. Read the paper and associated media coverage to learn more about this study!

Women in Water Science Panel

CWS' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Committee facilitated an open panel conversation about gender disparities and ways in which we can all be allies to women in STEM. Please take a moment to watch the recording on Youtube!

Get to know our newest Institute of the Environment Fellow, Brandi Goss!

The Institute of the Environment has recently announced Brandi Goss among the recipients of the 2021 Muir Institute Scholars Program! Brandi Goss is a Master's Student under Dr. Robert Lusardi in the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. Her work is centered on aquatic community ecology research with real-world conservation applications. ​Read on to learn more about this sprouting collaborative project!

Congratulations to Dr. Jay R. Lund for receiving the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Prize for Water!

The Center for Watershed Sciences is happy to announce that our Director, Jay Lund, has won the internationally acclaimed Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Prize for Water (PSIPW). On July 26th, 2020, the PSIPW recognized five scientists, researchers, and innovators for their work in addressing global water scarcity, including Jay Lund in the Water Management & Protection category. Congratulations, Dr. Lund!

State of the Salmonids II: Fish in Hot Water


Fish and watershed advocacy group California Trout (CalTrout) and University of California Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences, provided key results from an in-depth report today detailing the status of 32 types of salmon, steelhead, and trout that are native to California. State of the Salmonids II: Fish in Hot Water offers concerning data about the declining health of these fish populations and opportunities for stabilizing and even recovering many species.