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.
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.
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.
In his Jan. 6 lecture at UC Davis, the innovative ecologist Michael Rosenzweig made a scientific case for the "reconciliation" approach to species conservation.
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.
Fusion (Dec. 9, 2013) — A new national cable TV news magazine features Center director Jay Lund in a story about nitrate contamination of drinking water supplies in San Joaquin Valley farm towns.
The Sacramento Bee (Dec. 29, 2013) — Center co-founder Peter Moyle recounts in an op-ed his experiences as a UC Davis fish biologist documenting the status of California's native fishes — many of them potential candidates for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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.
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.