In April 2020, Trout Unlimited, California Sea Grant’s Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program and Sonoma Resource Conservation District were awarded a Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) grant to enhance streamflow in the Mark West Creek watershed through the implementation of ten streamflow enhancement projects and to monitor key watershed characteristics over the 2021-2023 dry seasons.
In April 2020, Trout Unlimited, California Sea Grant’s Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program and Sonoma Resource Conservation District were awarded a Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) grant to enhance streamflow in the Mill Creek watershed, tributary to the Russian River, Sonoma County.
2024 California Sea Grant State Fellowship
One of the tools that helps us understand California’s coastal ecosystem is so unassuming that it’s easy to overlook. But in the belly of the research vessels owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in California, if you look closely, you’ll find a plexiglass box affixed to a series of tubes.
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May 1, 2023
California’s beaches are integral to the state’s identity. But when Annie Adams and Mallika Gupta began their recent internship with the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI), they found that many of their peers did not know about a major looming threat in the Pacific: decreasing oxygen levels, which cause what’s known as hypoxia.
California Sea Grant is seeking a new Chief Administrative Officer.
This person will be responsible for managing the administrative operations for California Sea Grant (CASG), including: fiscal management of all department funds, contracts, grants, gifts, and other sponsored activities from a variety of extramural sources; payroll; academic/staff/student human resources; fellowships; labor relations; health and safety; internal controls and risk management; and administrative computing.
Additional responsibilities:
There are many reasons farmers turn to plastics as a tool for more efficient growing. Plastic hoop houses, drip irrigation tape, fumigation film and polyethylene mulch films are workhorses when it comes to preventing weed growth, retaining moisture, lowering pesticide use and extending growing seasons, all with the ultimate goal of increasing growers’ yields. But the range of benefits provided by this type of “plasticulture” also comes with a downside — too much of it is finding its way into nearby oceans and streams.
