Exciting new cooperative extension specialist position opening at UC Berkeley, focused on water justice, policy, and planning! See recruitment post for details.
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Researchers @ucanr studied water use in 11 top CA #cannabis-growing counties.
“Wells drilled near streams in upland watersheds have the potential to cause rapid streamflow depletion," says @watershedted@NatureAtCal. And most are outside SGMA areas
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Very happy to announce that our new paper with @Albert_Ruhi and @watershedted on the effects of human stabilization of river flows on fish invasions across the USA has been published in @GEB_macro https://t.co/JnZkZEo1VD
Postdocs Ariani Wartenberg and Hekia Bodwitch, graduate student Phoebe Parker-Shames, and CE specialist Van Butsic coauthored a study on #cannabis and the environment. They call for expanding research partnerships with cannabis cultivators. Read more: https://t.co/B7wH50Fmwb
Studies have shown that listening to the sound of beavers enthusiastically munching on white cabbage can temporarily reduce stress levels by up to 17%.
As we continue to grieve the lives lost to police brutality and racism (Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, & more), with the leadership of @kenleecalhoun & @prettynwhitty several of us ask @ESPM_Berkeley to take anti-racist actions bc words are not enough.
Drought is bad news for California's salmon population. But new research shows the fish can survive in pools of drying streams, bringing hope and insight for those working to save endangered coho.
@SeaGrantSalmon@UCBerkeley@Scripps_Ocean@RiversRossV https://t.co/SyabLUbHPm
Environmental water budgets, functional flows, multi-species management and more! Recommendations for restoring the health of freshwater ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature in the latest PPIC Water Policy Center report:
Managing water for ecosystem health can improve conditions for threatened species, keep more species from being listed, and protect ecosystem benefits for people. But it requires a shift in how endangered species acts are implemented. New report: https://t.co/BUVctFaIYB
A watershed moment for research on cannabis in California and for @Cal_Ag journal with their new special issue on production practices, economics, and social and environmental impacts of cannabis in our state: https://t.co/NRe3aLqABl
Stunning #ClimateCrisis and #water risk stat: indigenous people account for just 5% of world population, but 22% of land, which holds 80% of planet’s #biodiversity - @VTauliCorpuz, UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, speaking @siwi_water’s #WWWeek
How are California's rivers faring? We talked to @watershedted of @ESPM_Berkeley on the challenges they face, and ways to prepare them for the changes ahead. #CARivers#ClimateChange https://t.co/7sElLLSC1l