California

Policymakers, hydrologists, legal experts, economists and water managers discuss California's management of groundwater -- past, present and future -- in a series of nine presentations. Topics include the role of groundwater in managing droughts and recently enacted state legislation requiring local agencies to manage groundwater pumping and recharge sustainably. All presentations are open to the public.

The Center for Watershed Sciences is hosting a weekly series of public speakers on California water policy in response to drought this winter, beginning January 4th.

The Center for Watershed Sciences is hosting a weekly series of public speakers on California water policy in response to floods this winter, beginning Jan. 23. This course examines flooding in national and California water policy, including: large scale and small scale flood planning; legal issues surrounding flooding; flood mitigation; environmental impacts to and from flooding; including ecosystem restoration, flood mitigation, and climate change. Speakers are tentative.

The Center for Watershed Sciences is hosting a weekly series of public speakers on the science and policy for environmental flows in California, beginning on January 17. This course examines the history, problems, and prospects of environmental flows throughout the state. Early seminars will focus on the science behind environmental flow management, while later seminars will feature panel discussions from experts in the field on topics such as cannabis, water markets, and examining past case studies. Speakers are tentative.

This course seeks to introduced advanced undergraduate students to multidisciplinary collaborative watershed and stream analysis through combined laboratory and field study of a selected stream system. Topics relating to management of stream systems were discussed throughout with emphasis on the management of Sierra Nevada rivers in California.

This class was a field-based multidisciplinary study of the ecology, geomorphology and management of rivers in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, with a focus on the Tuolumne River watershed.

This class was a field-based multidisciplinary study of the ecology, geomorphology and management of rivers in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, with a focus on the Tuolumne River watershed.

This course introduced advanced undergraduate and early graduate students to multidisciplinary collaborative watershed and stream analysis through combined laboratory and field study of a selected river system. Topics relating to management of river systems were discussed throughout with emphasis on the management of Sierra Nevada rivers in California.

The Northern Channel Islands of the Southern California Bight offer a unique opportunity to study the interplay between terrestrial and nearshore processes in an active tectonic setting. These islands are part of the western Transverse Ranges, formed by regional deformation and rotation adjacent to the San Andreas Fault. Santa Cruz Island is the largest of these islands.