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Water Marketing That Helps Nature

By Ellen Hanak, Jelena Jezdimirovic

Unleashing the potential of water trading could improve conditions California’s struggling rivers and wetlands.

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California’s Ecosystems in Perpetual Drought

By Lori Pottinger

The state’s freshwater species are adapted to a "boom and bust” ecology, but human intervention and drought have taken away the "boom.” An expert interview with river scientist Ted Grantham. 

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How Much Water Does Nature Need?

By Lori Pottinger

California’s water-dependent ecosystems are stressed even in normal times, and the drought has worsened conditions. An expert interview on improving water management to support native species.

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Reconnecting the Klamath

By Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle

The agreements to remove four Klamath dams are major milestones but are only first steps toward restoring the basin’s fisheries

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State’s Ecosystems Face a Flood of Changes

By Lori Pottinger

Talk of drought has turned to worries about floods. How will the state’s drought-starved ecosystems adapt to the taps being turned on again? An expert interview with Josh Viers.

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A Pragmatic Reason to Protect Freshwater Fish

By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle

When species make the endangered species list, we’ve not only failed them, we’ve made it harder to manage water during drought. 

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California’s Environment Needs a Water Budget

By Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray

Giving the environment its own water budget would help protect species and ecosystems, and foster cooperation over water allocation during droughts.

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The Great Nutrient Pollution Challenge

By Caitrin Chappelle

In excess, "nutrients” can harm the environment and our drinking water supplies. Nutrient-polluted runoff poses a major water treatment challenge for the Bay-Delta.

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Saving Native Fishes from Extinction

By Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle

Native fishes have been hit hard by the drought. Here are some actions we can take now to avert extinctions.

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