We are delighted to share that environmental law and policy professor and CWS Associate Director, Karrigan Börk, is the winner of the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Sign up and join CWS on March 26, 2022 at 11:00am PST for a special community mural painting event in Woodland! Community members will be invited to grab a paint brush to help us paint a large-scale mural on a local barn.
In a recent article "Untapped potential: leak reduction is the most cost-effective urban water management tool", Amanda Rupiper, Joakim Weill, Ellen Bruno, Katrina Jessoe (CWS Associate Director), and Frank Loge, combine economic and engineering principles to explore water utilities in the United States. Rupiper et al. 2022 propose a utility-specific economic model that helps identify when water leaks would be especially economically worthwhile to manage more effectively.
Last week, Reuters joined the salmon-rice project in the field to learn how floodplains in the Sacramento River Valley are being used to support endangered fish populations. Read the written piece & watch the video authored by Reuters at: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/california-conservationist…
PBS KVIE recently featured the restoration of Butte Creek in "Sharing Butte Creek", Season 28 Episode 8. The piece is beautifully done and features researchers from CWS! Take a look to experience the Northern Sacramento Valley in a period of environmental change, as bird populations are bolstered and salmon runs are being restored.
Despite record-breaking rainfall in October, the California Drought still persists. Over the past several months, media outlets have asked The Center for Watershed Sciences' researchers to answer questions, provide context, and debunk myths circulating on the current California Drought. Here, we compile a summary of some top features as a resource.
The New York Times' Travel series "Autumn Journeys" recently featured California's Delta! The article features beautiful photographs of California's Delta, information on the Sacramento and San Joaquin waterways, and a conversation with Peter Moyle.
Congratulations, Carson Jeffres! This award is given by the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees to honor and celebrate individuals who, although their job descriptions may not include donor stewardship, demonstrate excellent results in engaging with and acknowledging our supporters. This award celebrates the important role that faculty and staff play in donor stewardship and relationship-building.
CWS' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Committee facilitated an open panel conversation about gender disparities and ways in which we can all be allies to women in STEM. Please take a moment to watch the recording on Youtube!
The Institute of the Environment has recently announced Brandi Goss among the recipients of the 2021 Muir Institute Scholars Program! Brandi Goss is a Master's Student under Dr. Robert Lusardi in the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. Her work is centered on aquatic community ecology research with real-world conservation applications. Read on to learn more about this sprouting collaborative project!
The Center for Watershed Sciences is happy to announce that our Director, Jay Lund, has won the internationally acclaimed Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Prize for Water (PSIPW). On July 26th, 2020, the PSIPW recognized five scientists, researchers, and innovators for their work in addressing global water scarcity, including Jay Lund in the Water Management & Protection category. Congratulations, Dr. Lund!
Gary S. May, chancellor of the University of California, Davis, and Jay Lund, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the university’s Center for Watershed Sciences, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the academy announced today (Feb. 7).
