High school students in Northern California are helping real scientists study a mystery that’s killing baby salmon – and they’re doing it right from their classrooms.
Meet the Next Generation of Environmental Solutions Leaders
The Institute of the Environment's Earth and Environmental Justice Scholars cohort for the 2025-2026 academic year has been announced! The Environmental Faculty Fellows and Scholars Program supports scholars – from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and professional researchers – throughout their careers at UC Davis.
In this episode of the Fish Water People Podcast, Michael Rogner, Associate Director of Restoration Science at River Partners, discusses large-scale riparian habitat restoration in California's Central Valley. Rogner explains how his organization transforms former agricultural lands into native habitats, focusing on restoring the Sacramento River's ecosystem. By converting fallow fields into native landscapes, River Partners has restored 20,000 acres, creating multiple benefits including flood control, groundwater recharge, wildlife habitat, and community access to green spaces.
We’re excited to announce the appointment of Karrigan Börk as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (CWS). Börk is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center, who has served as interim Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences since 2024.
Join us on Wednesday, April 23, 12-1:30pm PT for "When Rivers Run Hot", a virtual seminar by Center for Watershed Sciences Senior Researcher, Jon Walter, hosted by the California Water Data Consortium!
Great news! The Center for Watershed Sciences has expanded its social media presence, giving you more ways to stay connected and engaged with California WaterBlogs and our other new content.
The Center for Watershed Sciences (CWS), with partner CalTrout, hosted an International Salmon Conservation Delegation on campus at CWS and at study sites across the Sacramento Valley floodplains and wetlands. The attendees included delegates from the British Columbia Provincial and Canadian Crown governments, representatives from the Okanagan, Seabird and Sumas First Nations (including Sumas Chief Dalton Silver), and representatives of the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
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.
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
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
