Peter Moyle Blogs

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  1. Moyle, P. B. and R. A. Leidy. 2023. Endangered Freshwater Fishes: Does California Lead the World? California WaterBlog. June 18, 2023.
  2. Cloern, J. E., Kay, J., Kimmerer, W., Mount, J., Moyle, P. B., and A. Müeller-Solger. 2023. Water Wasted to the Sea? California WaterBlog. June 4, 2023.
  3. Moyle, P. B. and A. L. Rypel. 2023. Monster Fish: Lessons for Sturgeon Management in California. California WaterBlog. May 14, 2023.
  4. Rypel, A. L. and P. B. Moyle. 2023. Hatcheries alone cannot save species and fisheries. California WaterBlog. April 30, 2023.
  5. Moyle, P. B. 2023. Lake Tulare (and its fishes) shall rise again. California WaterBlog. April 16, 2023.
  6. Moyle, P. B. 2023. The rapid invasion of Mississippi silverside in California. California WaterBlog. March 19, 2023.
  7. Moyle, P. B. and M. A. Campbell. 2023. DNA unveils new freshwater fish species. California WaterBlog. January 29, 2023.
  8. Mount, J., Moyle, P. B., Rypel, A. L., and C. Jeffres. 2023. Nature’s gift to nature in early winter storms. California WaterBlog. January 15, 2023.
  9. Rabidoux, A., Stevenson, M., Moyle, P. B., Miner, M. C., Hitt, L. G., Cocherell, D. E., Fangue, N. A., and A. L. Rypel. 2022. The Putah Creek Fish Kill: Learning from a Local Disaster. California WaterBlog. April 24, 2022.
  10. O’ Rear, T., Moyle, P. B., and J. Durand. 2021. Suisun Marsh fishes in 2020: Persistence during the pandemic. California WaterBlog. April 18, 2021.
  11. Moyle, P. B., Börk, K., Durand, J., Hung, T-C, and A. L. Rypel. 2021. 2021: Is this the year that wild delta smelt become extinct? California WaterBlog. January 10, 2021.
  12. Rypel, A. L., P. B. Moyle, and J. Lund. 2021. A Swiss Cheese Model for Fish Conservation in California. California WaterBlog. January 24, 2021.
  13. Moyle, P. B. 2021. Can Japanese smelt replace delta smelt? California WaterBlog. February 7, 2021.
  14. Lund. J., Moyle, P. B., and Rypel, A. 2021. February 1: Is California still heading for a multi-year drought? California WaterBlog. February 1, 2021.
  15. O’Rear, T., J. Durand, and P. B. Moyle. Suisun Marsh fishes in 2020: Persistence during the Pandemic. California WaterBlog. April 18, 2021.
  16. Moyle, P. B. and A. Rypel. 2021. Drought Makes Conditions Worse for California’s Declining Native Fishes. California WaterBlog, June 27, 2021.
  17. Stompe, D., T. O’Rear, J. Durand, and P. B. Moyle. 2021. Home is where the habitat is.  California WaterBlog. July 4, 2021.
  18. Moyle, P. B. 2021. Living with non-native fishes in California requires using the right words. California WaterBlog, August 8, 2021.
  19. Moyle, P. B. 2021 Which species will survive? Climate change enhances the vulnerability of California freshwater fishes to severe drought. California WaterBlog. November 14, 2021.
  20. Moyle, P. B. 2020. Crawdads: Naturalized Californians. California WaterBlog. September 20, 2021.
  21. Stompe, D., Moyle, P. B., Kruger, A. and J. Durand. 2020. Fish surveys in the estuary: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Calfornia WaterBlog. August 16, 2020.
  22. Durand, J. et al. 2020. Drought and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, 2012–2016: Environmental Review and Lessons. California WaterBlog. August 2, 2020.
  23. Moyle, P. B. 2020. Summer reading in the Time of Covid 19. California WaterBlog. July 19, 2020.
  24. Rypel, A. L., Parisek, C. A., Lund, J., Willis, A., Moyle, P. B., Yarnell, S., and K. Bork. 2020. What’s the problem with deadbeat dams? California WaterBlog. June 14, 2020.
  25. Moyle, P. B., Howard, J., and Grantham, T.  2020. Protecting California’s aquatic biodiversity in a time of crisis. California WaterBlog. May 3, 2020.
  26. Moyle, P. B. 2020. Eating Delta smelt. California WaterBlog. April 5, 2020.
  27. Bork, K., A. L, Rypel, and P. B. Moyle. 2020. New science or just spin: science charade in the Delta. California WaterBlog. March 15, 2020.
  28. Moyle, P. B. 2020. Is the Sacramento splittail an endangered species? California WaterBlog. March 3, 2020.
  29. Moyle, P. B. 2020. Striped bass: an important indicator species in the Delta. California WaterBlog. January 12, 2020.
  30. Moyle, P. B., K. Bork, J. Durand, T-C Hung., and A. Rypel. 2019. Futures for Delta smelt. California WaterBlog. December 15, 2020.
  31. Moyle, P. B. 2019. Providing flows for fish. California WaterBlog. September 15, 2019.
  32. O’Rear, T. and P. B. Moyle. 2019. Remarkable Suisun Marsh: a bright spot for fish in the San Francisco Estuary. California WaterBlog. August 25, 2019.
  33. Moyle, P. B. 2019. Drought, Fish and Water in California. California WaterBlog. June 30, 2019.
  34. Pinter, N., Lund, J., and P. B. Moyle. The California Water Model: Resilience through Failure. California WaterBlog. May 5, 2019.
  35. Moyle, P. B. Tough Fish in a Harsh Place: Red Hills Roach. California WaterBlog. February 24, 2019.
  36. Moyle, P. B. 2019. Roaches of California: Hidden Biodiversity in a Native Minnow. California WaterBlog. February 10, 2019.
  37. Stompe, D. and P. B. Moyle. Striped Bass in the San Francisco Estuary: Insight into a forgotten past. 2018. California WaterBlog. November 18, 2018.
  38. Moyle, P. B., 2018. Science, the Delta, and the future of San Joaquin salmon. California WaterBlog. August 24. 2018.
  39. O’Rear, T. A., Durand, J. R., and P. B. Moyle. 2018. Killing native fishes for fun and predator control. California WaterBlog. August 5, 2018.
  40. Lund, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2018. Ecological incentives for Delta water exports. California WaterBlog. January 24, 2018.
  41. Hobbs, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2018. Will delta smelt have a happy new year?  California WaterBlog. January 14, 2018.
  42. Moyle, P. B. and R. L. Lusardi. 2017. Moving salmon over dams using two-way trap and haul. California WaterBlog. November 5, 2017.
  43. Durand, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2017. Blacklock Marsh: Tidal Habitat No Panacea for Thoughtful Restoration. California WaterBlog. June 4, 2017.
  44. Lusardi, R. L., Moyle, P. B., Samuel, P., and J. Katz. 2017. The Future of California’s Unique Salmon and Trout: Good News, Bad News. California WaterBlog. May 16, 2017.
  45. Baumsteiger, J., and P. B. Moyle 2017. Facing Extinction II: Making hard decisions. California WaterBlog. May 7, 2017.
  46. Baumsteiger, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2017. Facing Extinction: California fishes.  California WaterBlog. April 30, 2017.
  47. Moyle, P. B. 2017. What do stream fish do during flood flows? California WaterBlog. March 5, 2017.
  48. Durand, J., Moyle, P. B., and A. Manfree. 2017. Reconciling conservation and human use in the Delta. California WaterBlog. February 12, 2017.
  49. Mount, J., Gray, B., Hanak, E., and P. B. Moyle. 2016. Allocating a Share of San Joaquin River Water to the Environment Shows Promise. California WaterBlog. November 14, 2016.
  50. Moyle, P. B., Durand, J., and A. Manfree. 2016. The North Delta habitat arc: an ecosystem strategy for saving fish. California WaterBlog. November 6, 2016.
  51. Moyle, P. B., A. Sih, A. Steel, C. Jeffres, and W. Bennett. 2016.  Understanding predation impacts on Delta native fishes. California WaterBlog. May 22, 2016.
  52. Mount, J., Hanak, E., and P. B. Moyle. 2015. A pragmatic reason to protect freshwater fish. PPIC Viewpoints. December 15, 2015.
  53. Moyle, P. B. Drought emergency: the need for a biodiversity policy. Capitol Weekly. November 30, 2015.
  54. Mount, J. and P. B. Moyle. Saving Native Fishes from Extinction. PPIC Viewpoints. October 30, 2015.
  55. Hanak, E., Mount, J., Chapelle, C., Frank, R., Lund, J., Moyle, P. B., Gartrell, G., Gray, B., and B. Thompson. 2015. Ten ways U.S. agencies and Congress can help ease the drought in California and other western states. California WaterBlog. May 27, 2015.
  56. Moyle, P. B. 2015. An update on California fishes of ‘special concern.’ California WaterBlog. October 22, 2015.
  57. Seavy, N., Eadie, J., Mount, J., and P. B. Moyle. 2015. Farms that help wildlife. PPIC Viewpoints. April 21, 2015.
  58. Lund, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2015. Water give-aways during drought invite conflict. California WaterBlog. March 23, 2015.
  59. Moyle, P. B. 2015. Prepare for extinction of delta smelt. California WaterBlog. March 18, 2015.
  60. Moyle, P. B. 2015. Salmon finding a home in my backyard: could it be? California WaterBlog. March 11, 2015.
  61. Moyle, P. B. 2014. Drought: a ghost of Christmas past and present.  California WaterBlog. December 20, 2014.
  62. Grantham, T. and P. B. Moyle. 2014. Flagging problem dams for fish survival. California WaterBlog. October 22, 2014.
  63. Moyle, P. B. and R. Quinones. 2014. Drought journal: hope springs eternal. California WaterBlog. September 21, 2014.
  64. Lund, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2014. Is shorting fish during drought good for water users? California WaterBlog. June 2, 2014.
  65. Manfree, A. and P. B. Moyle. 2014. Planning for the inevitable in Suisun Marsh. California WaterBlog. May 1, 2014.
  66. Mount, J., Hanak, E., Cain, B., Chapelle, C., Frank, R., Gray, B., Howitt, R., Jessoe, K., Lund, J., Medellín-Azuara, J., Moyle, P. B., Szeptycki, L., and B. Thompson. 2014. Drought's number 1. lesson: modernize water management. California WaterBlog. April 9, 2014.
  67. Moyle, P. B. 2014. Yurok Stewardship of Klamath’s Blue Creek bodes well for fish. California WaterBlog. March 6, 2014.
  68. Moyle, P. B. 2014. Saving California’s salmon during severe drought. California WaterBlog. February 17, 2014.
  69. Moyle P. B.  2013. The ESA, fish & me. California WaterBlog. December 26, 2013.
  70. Moyle, P. B. 2013. Are Central Valley steelhead really threatened?  California WaterBlog. December 8, 2013.
  71. Moyle, P. B. 2013. Warmer water will kill off most of California’s native fishes. California WaterBlog. May 31, 2013.
  72. Moyle, P. B. 2013. Ten realities for managing the Delta. California WaterBlog. February 26, 2013.
  73. Moyle, P. B., Bennett, W., Durand, J., Fleenor, W., Lund, J., Mount, J., Hanak, E., and B. Gray. 2012. Reconciling wild things with tamed species - a future for native fish species in the Delta. California WaterBlog. June 15, 2012.
  74. Lund, J. L., and P. B. Moyle. 2012. Wild things and the Delta. California WaterBlog. May 30, 2012.
  75. Katz, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2012. Wanted: an integrated strategy for recovery of Central Valley salmon. California WaterBlog. March 19, 2012.
  76. Katz, J. and P. B. Moyle. 2012. Having our salmon and eating them too: rethinking salmon hatcheries in the Central Valley. California WaterBlog. February 29, 2012.
  77. Moyle, P. B. 2011. Coho in crisis: part 2. California WaterBlog. October 12, 2011.
  78. Moyle, P. B. 2011. Coho in crisis: part 1. California Water Blog. Center for Watershed Sciences, October 12, 2011.
  79. Moyle, P. B. 2011. Conserving fish, conserving water, conserving California. California WaterBlog. August 31, 2011.
  80. Hanak, E., Lund, J. R., Moyle, P. B., Mount, J., Gray, B., and B. Thompson. 2011. Managing for multiple stressors in the Delta. California WaterBlog.  July 7, 2011.
  81. Moyle, P. B. 2011. The future of Suisun Marsh. California WaterBlog. July 28, 2011.
  82. Moyle , P. B. 2011. Suction dredging is bad for fish. California WaterBlog. June 27, 2011.
  83. Lund, J. R., Moyle, P. B., Hanak, E., and J. Mount.  2011. No going back for the Delta, but which way forward? California WaterBlog. June 22, 2011.
  84. Lund, J. R., Moyle, P. B., Mount, J., and E. Hanak. 2011. Stressed out – dealing with the Delta’s non-native landscape. California WaterBlog. April 6, 2011.
  85. Moyle, P. B. 2011. New life for the Delta ecosystem. California WaterBlog. April 21, 2011.
  86. Moyle, P. B. and B. Gray. 2011. Damned fish? Call 5937. California WaterBlog. March 22, 2011.
  87. Moyle, P. B. 2011. Reconciliation or extinction - the future of California? California WaterBlog. February 8, 2011.
  88. Moyle, P. B. 2011. Striped bass control: cure worse than disease? California WaterBlog. January 31, 2011.