News

No drought of learning on Cosumnes floodplain

The latest Outlook magazine of the College of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences features Kaya Mac Millen (Class of 2013) and his work in a Center for Watershed Sciences floodplain study in the Cosumnes River Preserve, south of Sacramento.

Salmon spawning in Putah Creek

The Davis Enterprise (Dec. 13, 2013) — Peter Moyle says the return of Chinook salmon to Putah Creek signifies the stream's recovery as a habitat for native fishes.

Resistance is futile: 10 inevitable water changes

The Record Searchlight, Redding (Jan. 11, 2014) —In this op-ed, Center director Jay Lund and economist Ellen Hanak of the Public Policy Institute of California outline water changes on the horizon.

After dry spell, get ready for water restrictions

San Francisco Chronicle (Jan. 10, 2014) — Jay Lund, director for the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, says it is somewhat unusual for agencies to propose water restrictions at this time of year but notes that 2013 was the driest year on record.

Fish forecast: Swimming upstream against climate change

Bay Nature (Jan-Mar 2014) — Latest Bay Nature magazine features Shed's Peter Moyle, Rebecca Quiñones, Jacob Montgomery and Brian Williamson in an article about the researchers' strategies to protect California native fish in a warming climate.

Viewpoints: State's water funding habit must change

The Sacramento Bee (Aug. 25, 2013) — In an op-ed, Center director Jay Lund and Center partners Ellen Hanak (Public Policy Institute of California) and Brian Gray (UC Hastings College of Law) recommend steps California can take now to get on a "healthier path" for financing state water projects.

Putah Creek will only get better

The Davis Enterprise (Oct. 2, 2013) — In a letter to the editor, Peter Moyle, the Center's associate director and a professor of fish biology, responds to a visitor's unfavorable first impression of lower Putah Creek.

Calif. water atlas seeks to clarify water issues

Associated Press (Nov. 16, 2013) — A story on a grassroots effort to create a new interactive California Water Atlas includes comments from Center director Jay Lund on the need bring meaning to the state's mass of water data.