Managing California’s Freshwater Ecosystems: Lessons from the 2012-16 Drought

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | November 16th, 2017

Summary

The 2012–16 drought caused unprecedented stress to California’s ecosystems and pushed many native species to the brink of extinction. It also tested the laws, policie

Mercury on a landscape scale—Balancing regional export with wildlife health

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | June 26th, 2018

Summary

The Cosumnes River watershed requires a 57–64 percent reduction in loads to meet the new Delta methylmercury (MeHg) total maximum daily load allocation, established by

Mercury, Monomethyl Mercury, and Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Surface Water Entering and Exiting Constructed Wetlands Treated with Metal-Based Coagulants, Twitchell Island, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | August 30th, 2015

Summary

Coagulation with metal-based salts is a practice commonly employed by drinking-water utilities to decrease particle and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in water.

National hydrologic connectivity classification links wetlands with stream water quality

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | April 6th, 2023

Summary

Wetland hydrologic connections to downstream waters influence stream water quality. However, no systematic approach for characterizing this connectivity exists. Here usin

New Life for Eroding Shorelines: Beach and Marsh Edge Change in the San Francisco Estuary

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | April 1st, 2020

Summary

Wind, waves, storms, and changing water levels have reshaped shorelines for millennia and continue to do so today. The current shape of the San Francisco (SF) Estuary sho

Novato Creek Baylands Historical Ecology Study

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | July 31st, 2015

Summary

Over the past century and a half, lower Novato Creek and the surrounding tidal wetlands have been heavily modified for flood control and land reclamation purposes. Levees

Novato Creek Baylands Vision

San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) | November 1st, 2015

Summary

As we rethink land management along the San Francisco Bay shoreline in the face of climate change, we know well-functioning resilient tidal landscapes can protect develop

Potential impacts of increased coastal flooding in California due to sea-level rise

Climatic Change (Springer) | November 24th, 2011

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California is likely to experience increased coastal flooding and erosion caused by sea-level rise over the next century, affecting the state’s population, infrastructu

Productive wetlands restored for carbon sequestration quickly become net CO2 sinks with site-level factors driving uptake variability

PLOS | March 25th, 2021

Summary

Inundated wetlands can potentially sequester substantial amounts of soil carbon (C) over the long-term because of slow decomposition and high primary productivity, partic

Puzzling Over the Shallows

CALFED | December 1st, 2001

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