'Overlooked choices shape research outcomes: what do “researcher degrees of freedom” mean for how science informs policy?' by Jonathan A. Walter Jonathan Walter. californiawaterblog.com/2025/03/23/ove…

In this week's California Waterblog entry, John Eadie, Danny Karp and myself break down the results of the California Rice Footprint report: californiawaterblog.com/2025/04/06/a-c… CA Rice Commission UC Davis Institute of the Environment UC Davis Research

“A Conservation Footprint for Multiple Species of Wildlife in California Rice,” by John M. Eadie, Daniel S. Karp, and Andrew L. Rypel Andrew Rypel californiawaterblog.com/2025/04/06/a-c…

We have a part time position open in our front office. If you are near Auburn and looking for a little work, consider applying. We have a great team, and these TES jobs can be a good way of gaining experience working at the university. auemployment.com/postings/51903

Important read from the incredible research team that has worked to understand how California's ricelands can be used to support conservation plans for dozens of species. 👇

A heartfelt thank you to our generous donors & friends of UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences! With your help, we’ve reached our goal of 15 donations — unlocking the $134K challenge gift! If you’d like to continue supporting us, you can see our other funds here give.ucdavis.edu/WATR

Data for Lunch: When Rivers Run Hot 🔥 Join us on Wednesday, April 23, 12-1:30pm PT for "When Rivers Run Hot", a virtual seminar by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Senior Researcher, Jon Walter Jonathan Walter, hosted by CA Water Data Consortium! 💧 Register: eventbrite.com/e/data-for-lun… #ClimateResilience #CAWater

The UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences was recently featured in a CBS News Bay Area segment about the research being conducted on salmon ear bones - known as #otoliths - and about the restoration efforts that brought the salmon back to #PutahCreek. 🐟 Read more: environment.ucdavis.edu/news/CWS-Rypel…

The International Society for River Science (ISRS) will be holding the 7th International Symposium on River Science at the University of California, Davis from October 6-10, 2025 hosted by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences! Abstracts are due Friday May 16, 2025. Learn more: watershed.ucdavis.edu/news/7th-inter…

An important blog here on the status on the ESA. Habitat is everything for fish and wildlife. Not mentioned in the blog is the importance of Section 6 funds, which supports habitat acquisition, research, and outreach at the state level. Those funds/work are also at risk due to

Dixie chubs enjoying spring in our local stream

Excited to share our new California WaterBlog post authored by RypelLab alum Lauren Hitt 🐟 This is a breakdown of our Ecosphere paper describing natality dynamics of Putah Creek salmon. Habitat is everything y'all, and it takes a fully engaged community to generate it.

Good read on aging dams and impacts, via Andrew Rypel

AI meets California water. californiawaterblog.com/2025/07/13/ai-…

All - I decided to start a Substack! My first post is available Monday morning. Go to tnature.substack.com and subscribe so that you don't miss this one or others. I think you'll like it and it's free.

These dashboards are neat. And there is one for Putah Creek.

This paper was a super fun and collaborative science journey. It also required huge datasets, recursive code, and a computer with more RAM than any of us had ever used before. Congrats to Christine! 👏 Learn more about "killing degree days" in montane landscapes 👇