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Dean Messer, Chief

3500 Industrial Blvd.
West Sacramento, CA 95691
(916) 376-9699

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Sacramento, CA 94236-0001

 

 

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The Division of Environmental Services provides complex scientific and environmental analyses, monitoring and documentation to support
management of California's water resources while protecting, restoring, and enhancing natural and human environments.

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Habitat Use of Sub-adult Striped Bass Implanted with Acoustic Transmitters

  • Dr. Cynthia LeDoux-Bloom investigated the distribution, habitat use and movement patterns of sub-adult striped bass (sexual immaturity) over a 17 month period from June 2010-November 2011. Sub-adult striped bass (n=99) were surgically implanted with acoustic transmitters and tracked by a large, stationary acoustic receiver array located in the San Francisco Estuary Watershed and nearshore Pacific Ocean.
    (Friday, March 8, 2013)
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  Validating Length‐at‐Date run assignments for Central Valley Chinook Salmon
Brett Harvey, Who’s Your Daddy?... Validating Length-at-Date run Assignments for Central Valley Chinook Salmon
(PDF, 6.42 MB).
 

California Estuary Monitoring Workgroup Poster - a Tool for integrating Monitoring Assessment and Reporting

Getting to "One Delta, One Science" in Sacramento San Joaquin Estuary will require an integration of science with policy and action management not only at the local level, but regional and state levels as well...
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Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project
DWR's Division of Environmental Services, along with the Fish Passage Improvement Program, are working with Reclamation to implement the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage project. The need for the project is to remain in compliance with the Endangered Species Act, by complying with...
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  Genetic Detection of Predation on Larval Delta Smelt in the North Delta
Schreier, B. M., M. R. Baerwald, G. Schumer, and B. May. 2010. Detecting predation of larval delta smelt by silversides using genetic techniques
(PDF, 6.80 MB). (Friday, August 3, 2012 - EWQES)
  Siberian Freshwater Prawn
The talk "Introduction of the Siberian prawn, Exopalaemon modestus, to the San Francisco Estuary: Ten Years later" was delivered by Tiffany Brown, (Environmental Scientist in the DWR "Bay-Delta Monitoring and Analysis" Unit) at the 2012 IEP Workshop at the Lake Natoma Inn on Friday, April 20 to update information on monitoring of the establishment and rapid expansion of this introduced shrimp throughout the SF Estuary. (Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - EWQES) .
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  Public Announcement - Monterey Plus Final EIR
On February 1, 2010, Lester Snow, Director of the Department of Water Resources, signed the certification for the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus).
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Swainson's hawk
   Swainson's Hawk NestCam
The Swainson’s hawks that you see here returned from their wintering grounds (probably Mexico, but possibly as far south as Argentina) at the end of March, 2009.  The female is the darker of the two; the male can be readily identified by the large white patch...
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Delta
   Bay Delta Conservation Plan EIR/EIS
DWR is currently evaluating the environmental impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The BDCP's purpose is to provide for the conservation of at-risk species in the Delta and improve its reliability as the hub of the state's water supply system...
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