The Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis seeks to potentially fill 3 non-tenured, academic term appointments as a Junior Specialist. This position will aid in interdisciplinary studies of the interactions of hydrology and ecology in montane stream and meadow systems.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Center for Watershed Sciences Senior Researcher Jonathan Walter and colleagues at the University of Wyoming and New Mexico State University new funding to...
The Park Fire, located north of Chico and near Lassen National Park, ignited on July 24 and is presently California's fourth-largest wildfire. At approximately the size of half of Rhode Island (~428,808 acres) as of August 9, this ongoing wildfire's rapid expansion is alarming the community, state, and scientists alike.
“No one has done the strontium otolith work with any dam removal project anywhere. We’re chasing diversity. This project is the first to look at this question of life history diversity related to dam removal. It will tell us where the fish go, the habitats that they use, and when they leave.” – Robert Lusardi, aquatic ecologist, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Putah Creek: Animal AdventuresUC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences & Winters Community Library CollaborationSaturday May 11, 2024 || 1 - 4pm || Winters Community Library Join the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences as we dive into the world of PutahCreek wildlife! Encounter live fish straight from the Creek’s waters, go bird watching inthe library garden, engage with specimens from the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, and unleash your inner biologist with some practice fish sampling.
Salmon in California are struggling – facing drought, river heatwaves, polluted runoff, poor spawning habitat, and barriers to fish passage – is it a wonder that the salmon fishing season in California is canceled, again. Robert Lusardi, Associate Director at the Center for Watershed Sciences and faculty member in the Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Department at UC Davis, says almost half of California's native trout and salmon species could disappear in the next 50 years.
Join us for a webinar on Tuesday March 12, 11:00am – 1:30pm PT, on environmental flows in Chile and California, including several speakers from the Center for Watershed Sciences.
UC Davis' School of Law will host the 2024 Environmental Law Symposium on March 8, 2024 from 9:00am - 3:00pm in King Hall, Room 1001. Of special interest will be the topic of rewilding, the role of habitat restoration and species reintroduction in achieving climate resiliency. The symposium will feature three panels exploring the multiple benefits of habitat restoration, species reintroduction and how to address the potential legal, policy, and social challenges of rewilding.
Karrigan Börk, Associate Director at the Center for Watershed Sciences and acting professor of law at UC Davis' School of Law, has been awarded the Morrison Prize for his 2023 legal paper on water extraction rights. The $10,000 Morrison Prize is a distinguished honor; it is awarded annually to the author of the most influential academic legal article on environmental sustainability pu
Dave Ayers discusses the state of science and future directions in linking wetland restoration design with functional fish habitat at the Delta-Suisun Tidal Wetland Restoration Symposium.
Using five years of post-treatment data on farm-level water use, we find that water conservation doubles between the first and fifth year of the tax. – Bruno et al. 2023
New research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has uncovered how kelp forests shape beach food webs and ecosystem dynamics. The study was recently published by Jonathan Walter (CWS Senior Researcher, lead author), Kyle A. Emery, Jenifer E. Dugan, David M. Hubbard, Tom W. Bell, Lawrence W. Sheppard, Vadim A. Karatayev, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Daniel C. Reuman, and Max C. N. Castorani.
Winter 2024Who – Anyone is welcome to attend. What – CWS Winter 2024 Seminar Series When – Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm & social afterward Where – Center for Watershed Sciences Conference Room, UC Davis, CA
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Welcome + 3-4 X 10-minute short talks + discussion
Salmon are trapped behind dams in Oregon's Willamette River Valley, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to address the issue by constructing a novel $450 million trap-and-haul style "vacuum" to suck up juvenile salmon and relocate them to large holding tanks, where they will be subsequently transported downstream via trucks and re-released. UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences researchers Robert Lusardi and Peter Moyle, who published a research article on trap-and-haul programs earlier in 2017, warn that the Corps "should proceed with extreme caution" on the current proposed plan.
