Shifting Trade-offs: Finding the Sustainable Nexus of Hydropower and Environmental Flows in the San Joaquin River Watershed, California

Functional Flows in Groundwater-Influenced Streams: Application of the California Environmental Flows Framework to Determine Ecological Flow Needs

(2022) Sarah M. Yarnell et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review

(2022) Elad Levintal et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood Risk Reduction: Experiences in Multi-Benefit Floodplain Management From California and Germany

(2022) Anna Serra-Llobet et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Human alteration of global surface water storage variability

(2021) Sarah W. Cooley et al.   NATURE

Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

(2021) Alban Kuriqi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Freshwater Scarcity

(2021) Peter H. Gleick et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Environmental Flow Scenarios for a Regulated River System: Projecting Catchment‐Wide Ecosystem Benefits and Consequences for Hydroelectric Production

(2021) Åsa Widén et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

The California Environmental Flows Framework: Meeting the Challenges of Developing a Large-Scale Environmental Flows Program

(2021) Eric D. Stein et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

A hydrologic feature detection algorithm to quantify seasonal components of flow regimes

(2020) Noelle K. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

A functional flows approach to selecting ecologically relevant flow metrics for environmental flow applications

(2020) Sarah M. Yarnell et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

A water resource simulator in Python

(2020) J.E. Tomlinson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Can Managed Aquifer Recharge Mitigate the Groundwater Overdraft in California's Central Valley?

(2020) Sarfaraz Alam et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Editorial: Implementing Environmental Flows: Lessons for Policy and Practice

(2020) David Tickner et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Does More Storage Give California More Water?

(2019) D.M. Nover et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Coupling Landscapes and River Flows to Restore Highly Modified Rivers

(2019) A.A. Whipple et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Role of Knowledge Networks and Boundary Organizations in Coproduction: A Short History of a Decision Support Tool and Model for Adapting Multiuse Reservoir and Water-Energy Governance to Climate Change in California

(2019) S. Ziaja   Weather Climate and Society

Designing flows to enhance ecosystem functioning in heavily altered rivers

(2019) Kevin R. Bestgen et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration

(2019) Margaret Palmer et al.   SCIENCE

Increasing Groundwater Availability and Seasonal Base Flow Through Agricultural Managed Aquifer Recharge in an Irrigated Basin

(2019) George Kourakos et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Endangered winter-run Chinook salmon rely on diverse rearing habitats in a highly altered landscape

(2018) Corey C. Phillis et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Opportunities for Joint Water–Energy Management: Sensitivity of the 2010 Western U.S. Electricity Grid Operations to Climate Oscillations

(2018) N. Voisin et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Global proliferation of small hydropower plants - science and policy

(2018) Thiago BA Couto et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity

(2018) Andrea J. Reid et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Optimizing carbon storage and biodiversity co-benefits in reforested riparian zones

(2018) Kristen E. Dybala et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Strategic allocation of water conservation incentives to balance environmental flows and societal outcomes

(2018) Hamed Zamani Sabzi et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Meeting ecosystem needs while satisfying human demands

(2017) Joshua H Viers   Environmental Research Letters

Availability of high-magnitude streamflow for groundwater banking in the Central Valley, California

(2017) Tiffany N Kocis et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Beyond the natural flow regime? Broadening the hydro-ecological foundation to meet environmental flows challenges in a non-stationary world

(2017) N. LeRoy Poff   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Integrating water and energy models for policy driven applications. A review of contemporary work and recommendations for future developments

(2017) Zarrar Khan et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Designing river flows to improve food security futures in the Lower Mekong Basin

(2017) J. L. Sabo et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental hedging: A theory and method for reconciling reservoir operations for downstream ecology and water supply

(2017) L. E. Adams et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Revealing the economic value of managed aquifer recharge: Evidence from a contingent valuation study in Italy

(2017) D. Damigos et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Designing flows to resolve human and environmental water needs in a dam-regulated river

(2017) William Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Quantifying climate change impacts on hydropower generation and implications on electric grid greenhouse gas emissions and operation

(2016) Brian Tarroja et al.   ENERGY

Vulnerability of the US western electric grid to hydro-climatological conditions: How bad can it get?

(2016) N. Voisin et al.   ENERGY

Organizing Environmental Flow Frameworks to Meet Hydropower Mitigation Needs

(2016) Ryan A. McManamay et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Functional Flows in Modified Riverscapes: Hydrographs, Habitats and Opportunities

(2015) Sarah M. Yarnell et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The Natural Sediment Regime in Rivers: Broadening the Foundation for Ecosystem Management

(2015) Ellen Wohl et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Integrating Environmental Flows into Multi-Objective Reservoir Management for a Transboundary, Water-Scarce River Basin: Rio Grande/Bravo

(2015) Erik C. Porse et al.   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013

(2015) Ben Livneh et al.   Scientific Data

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

(2014) Christiane Zarfl et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Environmental flows for natural, hybrid, and novel riverine ecosystems in a changing world

(2014) Mike Acreman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Exploration of the integration of renewable resources into California's electric system using the Holistic Grid Resource Integration and Deployment (HiGRID) tool

(2013) Joshua D. Eichman et al.   ENERGY

Application of the ELOHA Framework to Regulated Rivers in the Upper Tennessee River Basin: A Case Study

(2013) Ryan A. McManamay et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Simulating High-Elevation Hydropower with Regional Climate Warming in the West Slope, Sierra Nevada

(2013) David E. Rheinheimer et al.   JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

In bad waters: Water year classification in nonstationary climates

(2013) Sarah E. Null et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Environmental flows in the Anthropocence: past progress and future prospects

(2013) N LeRoy Poff et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Restoring native fish assemblages to a regulated California stream using the natural flow regime concept

(2012) Joseph D. Kiernan et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Impending extinction of salmon, steelhead, and trout (Salmonidae) in California

(2012) Jacob Katz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Dam Design can Impede Adaptive Management of Environmental Flows: A Case Study from the Opuha Dam, New Zealand

(2012) JoAnna Lessard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

HYDROPOWER COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS AND CLIMATE WARMING IN CALIFORNIA'S UPPER YUBA RIVER WATERSHED

(2012) D. E. Rheinheimer et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Hydropower Relicensing and Climate Change1

(2011) Joshua H. Viers   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Freshwater conservation options for a changing climate in California's Sierra Nevada

(2011) Joshua H. Viers et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

A PRESUMPTIVE STANDARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW PROTECTION

(2011) B. D. Richter et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Reservoir operating rules to sustain environmental flows in regulated rivers

(2011) Xin-An Yin et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Ecology and Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession

(2010) Sarah M. Yarnell et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Process-based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems

(2010) Timothy J. Beechie et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

(2009) N. LEROY POFF et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform the science and management of environmental flows

(2009) N. LEROY POFF et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States

(2009) H. G. Hidalgo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Re-thinking environmental flows: from allocations and reserves to sustainability boundaries

(2009) Brian D. Richter   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Climate change and the world's river basins: anticipating management options

(2007) Margaret A Palmer et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT