CWS News

Viewpoints: California droughts precipitate innovation

The Sacramento Bee (Jan. 18, 2014) - In an op-ed, Center director Jay Lund says California droughts have had a silver lining: each one in modern history has spurred significant improvements in water management.

California declares drought emergency

Los Angeles Times (Jan. 17, 2014) - Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis, provides perspective in a story on Gov. Jerry Brown official declaration of a drought emergency in the state.

Record-setting drought threatens salmon survival

Greenwire (Jan. 8, 2014) - Salmon are going to have a hard time making it through this year’s drought, even though they are adapted to survive from wet to dry years, says Peter Moyle, a fish biologist and associate director of the University of California, Davis' Center for Watershed Sciences.

Salmon spawning in Putah Creek

The Davis Enterprise (Dec. 13, 2013) — Peter Moyle says the return of Chinook salmon to Putah Creek signifies the stream's recovery as a habitat for native fishes.

Resistance is futile: 10 inevitable water changes

The Record Searchlight, Redding (Jan. 11, 2014) —In this op-ed, Center director Jay Lund and economist Ellen Hanak of the Public Policy Institute of California outline water changes on the horizon.

After dry spell, get ready for water restrictions

San Francisco Chronicle (Jan. 10, 2014) — Jay Lund, director for the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, says it is somewhat unusual for agencies to propose water restrictions at this time of year but notes that 2013 was the driest year on record.