blog post Why Is the Delta Starving? By Sarah Bardeen Aug 9, 2021 Aug 9, 2021 ... ... has specific targets to restore over 30,000 acres of tidal marsh; they have other targets for non-tidal marsh and floodplain habitat.
blog post Making End-of-Life Decisions on Aging Dams By Lori Pottinger Nov 9, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 ... It's amazing just how much of the valley was wetland before European settlement—it had massive lakes and floodplain wetland complexes.
blog post Setting Aside Environmental Water for the San Joaquin River By Jeffrey Mount, Ted Grantham, Brian Gray, Ellen Hanak Oct 26, 2020 Oct 26, 2020 ... In addition, strategic investments in physical habitat—both in river channels and on floodplains—will make more effective use of this water.
blog post Commentary: New Approach Needed to Protect Health of California’s Rivers By Ted Grantham, Jeffrey Mount Sep 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 ... A functional flows approach also requires physical habitat improvements—such as barrier removal, channel restoration, and floodplain ...
blog post Video: Making the Most of Water for the Environment By Lori Pottinger Sep 8, 2020 Sep 8, 2020 ... “This includes the river bank, channel, and floodplain that interact with flowing water to create and sustain habitat for aquatic species,” ...
Report Making the Most of Water for the Environment: A Functional Flows Approach for California’s Rivers By Ted Grantham, Jeffrey Mount, Sarah Yarnell, Eric D. Stein Aug 24, 2020 Summary. In California, water and land management activities have substantially altered river flows and degraded river channels and their floodplains.
blog post A Faster Track for Ecosystem Restoration By Lori Pottinger Aug 24, 2020 Aug 24, 2020 ... ... with a focus on the highest-priority project types—for example, floodplain restoration and fish passage improvements.
blog post Commentary: Newsom’s Water Framework Is Imperfect but Necessary. The Alternative Is Further Deterioration of the Delta By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Feb 10, 2020 Feb 10, 2020 ... Over the next 15 years, the proposal is to spend more than $5 billion on new river and floodplain habitat to benefit salmon and other native ...
blog post Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley By Lori Pottinger Nov 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 ... There's been a big push to restore salmon populations on the San Joaquin River, too. Reconnecting rivers to their floodplains is key to ...
blog post Addressing Inequality in Flood Risk By Lori Pottinger Nov 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 ... PPIC: How can flooding affect social inequality? RICHARD MATTHEW: Inequity typically grows with disasters. There is a whole range of ways ...