Sometimes, there are opportunities to support specific research groups and their work directly.
These contributions help advance targeted projects and initiatives within the Center for Watershed Sciences' broader mission. Supporting a particular group allows you to connect with the work that resonates most with you. Current giving opportunities are listed here:
Fishes, Floodplains, and Springs Research | PI: Carson Jeffres
The Fishes, Floodplains, and Springs Research Program focuses on applied aquatic ecology, emphasizing the physical and chemical processes affecting anadromous fishes across freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. Our goals are to understand the effects of these processes on fishes and produce research that fill the knowledge gaps for the fisheries and water resource managers who are charged with implementing effective restoration and conservation measures for the imperiled native species in California. In particular, this work focuses on how restoration and innovative floodplain habitats improve the status of native fishes.
We have progressively developed novel methodologies, new conceptual models and transdisciplinary collaborations, engaging a wide range of partners — from farmers and ranchers to agency and NGO scientists/managers — to develop forward-looking solutions for difficult natural resource problems in California.
Your gift to this research program will directly support 1) the development of new research approaches and 2) training the next generation of scientists and resource managers by supporting our undergraduate and graduate students.
To learn more about supporting our research and students, please contact Dr. Carson Jeffres (cajeffres@ucdavis.edu).
Giving to the FFSR Program
https://give.ucdavis.edu/WATR/CJFFSRP
History of the FFSR Program
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ARC Research Fund | PI: John Durand
The Aquatic Research Collective—or ARC—is affiliated with the Center for Watershed Sciences at University of California, Davis. ARC is composed of scientists and students interested in the ecology of estuaries, bays, rivers, and wetlands, especially in central California.
A gift to the ARC will support teams of students – especially undergraduates – working on otherwise unfunded conservation projects for neglected but endangered native fishes. One team is working with Sacramento Perch, extirpated from its native Delta habitat, but which still lives in the UC Davis Riparian Reserve. Another team will be working on the unusual ecosystem of the UC Davis Arboretum, focusing on its fishes and water quality. Yet another project, currently under development, is intended to understand the fish communities of Cache Creek, in northern Yolo County. These projects provide students with real research opportunities that result in senior honors theses, and help prepare graduates for post-baccalaureate work. The ARC Conservation Research Fund is specifically intended to train future generations of scientists to engage in meaningful conservation work. ARC is devoted to the understanding and restoration of the “Arc” of native habitats that extend from the riparian corridors of the Sacramento River to the brackish wetlands of Suisun Marsh and the Bay.
To learn more about our research, please check the website (https://sites.google.com/ucdavis.edu/aquaticresearchcollective/home), or contact Dr. John Durand (jrdurand@ucdavis.edu).
Giving to the ARC Fund
https://give.ucdavis.edu/WATR/ARCCWS1
History of the ARC Fund
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