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What's New and Current Events
- October 4-6, 2004 Science Conference 2004:
"Getting Results: Integrating Science and Management to Achieve System-Level Responses"
The Biennial California Bay-Delta Program (CALFED) Science Conference is a forum for presenting scientific information and ideas relevant to the Program's goals and objectives in the Bay-Delta and its watershed. The organizers of this 3rd Science Conference are seeking presentations in all four of CALFED's program areas ecosystem restoration, levee system integrity, water quality, and water supply reliability. The goal of the conference is to provide new information (i.e., results, models, syntheses, analyses) to the broad community of scientists, engineers, managers, and stakeholders working on Bay-Delta Program-related issues.
- Second bi-annual Consortium Newsletter has been published!
It provides a nice summary of who we are and what we do. Click here to view the newsletter.
- New February 2004 Issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal
Click here to view the on-line journal.
- Documentary (DVD) Available for Environmental-Science Instructors and
Resource Management Agencies
The U.S. Geological Survey and California Bay-Delta Authority have produced a 30-min documentary showing
how integrated science can build the knowledge base for designing programs of ecosystem restoration.
The show presents a case study - a team of hydrologists, modelers, chemists and ecologists working toward
restoration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Goals of the documentary were to show: how integrated
science is required to solve complex problems involving linkages between physical, chemical and biological
processes; that scientific progress can occur at a rapid pace; and to show the joy of scientific discovery.
If this documentary might fit in the curriculum of a course you teach, we will mail you a DVD (no cost).
We only ask that you send a short description of the course and how this video might contribute to its curriculum.
We will provide copies to resource-management agencies having interests in ecosystem restoration, the
California Bay-Delta Authority and its stakeholders. Again, we only ask for a short description of how this
video might help meet agency goals. 500 copies are available for distribution.
Contact Jim Cloern (jecloern@usgs.gov)
- Consortium facilities.
The Bay-Delta Science Consortium has been approved to become part of the proposed research park at UC Davis.
Ex-Rio Vista army base being considered as Delta research station
- Common data management system.
A new web-site, http://bdat.ca.gov/, contains easily accessed environmental data concerning the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Over fifty organizations contribute data voluntarily to this project. The database
includes biological, water quality, and meteorological data. These can be used to gauge the health of the estuary and to manage water and environmental resources.
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