Blog Posts

We often post writings to the California WaterBlog. Find links to some of our posts below: 

Hitt, L.G., M. Willmes, M.C. Miner, M. Stevenson, C.A. Jeffres, R.A. Lusardi, N.A. Fangue, and A.L. Rypel. 2025. Build it, and they will come: Early evidence for establishment of Chinook salmon in Putah Creek, CA. https://californiawaterblog.com/2025/06/29/build-it-and-they-will-come-early-evidence-for-establishment-of-chinook-salmon-in-putah-creek-ca/

Eadie, J.M., D.S. Karp, and A.L. Rypel. 2025. A conservation footprint for multiple species of wildlife in California rice. https://californiawaterblog.com/2025/04/06/a-conservation-footprint-for-multiple-species-of-wildlife-in-california-rice/

Yarnell, S., E. Baruch, A.L. Rypel, and R. Lusardi. 2025. Functional flows are good for California's native fishes. https://californiawaterblog.com/2025/02/23/functional-flows-are-good-for-californias-native-fishes/

Moyle, P.B., and A.L. Rypel. 2024. Black bass diversity in California. https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/10/13/black-bass-diversity-in-california/

Börk, K., J. Durand, J. Lund, C. Parisek, A.L. Rypel, K. Schaefer, and J. Walter. 2024. Dear Santa: a California water holiday wish list. https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/12/22/dear-santa-a-california-water-holiday-wish-list/

Rypel, A.L. and P.B. Moyle. 2024. Watching native fishes vanish. https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/01/watching-native-fishes-vanish/

Rypel, A.L. 2024. Mornings at the duck pond. https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/04/14/mornings-at-the-duck-pond/

Moyle, P.B., K. Börk, C.A. Parisek, F.A. Bombardelli, J. Lund, and A.L. Rypel. 2023. California water ideas that deserve more attention. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/12/10/california-water-ideas-that-deserve-more-attention/

Parisek, C.A., P.B. Moyle, J. Porter, and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Schooling fish: behind the scenes of Putah Creek fish sampling. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/11/19/schooling-fish-behind-the-scenes-of-putah-creek-fish-sampling/

Sanchez, S.R., C.A. Parisek, and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Dispatches from the deep Pacific. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/10/29/dispatches-from-the-dark-pacific-depths/ 

Rypel, A.L. 2023. Wetlands on the edge. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/09/03/wetlands-on-the-edge/

Rypel, A.L., M. Bell-Tilcock, and C.A. Parisek. 2023. Shell-shocking details about freshwater mussel reproduction. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/08/20/shell-shocking-details-about-freshwater-mussel-reproduction/

Jacinto, E., N.A. Fangue, D.E. Cocherell, J.D. Kiernan, P.B. Moyle, and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Putah Creek's rebirth: a model for other degraded streams? https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/07/08/putah-creeks-rebirth-a-model-for-reconciling-other-degraded-streams/

Moyle, P.B., and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Monster fish: lessons for sturgeon management in California. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/05/14/monster-fish-lessons-for-sturgeon-management-in-california/

Rypel, A.L. 2023. Facing the dragon: California’s nasty ecological debts. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/06/11/facing-the-dragon-californias-nasty-ecological-debts/

Rypel, A.L., and P.B. Moyle. 2023. Hatcheries alone cannot save species and fisheries.  https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/04/30/hatcheries-alone-cannot-save-species-and-fisheries/

Rypel, A.L. 2023. My long search for rules on how fish communities are put together. https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2023/05/03/my-long-search-for-rules-on-how-fish-communities-are-put-together/ *Guest post and #StoryBehindThePaper for Ecology in Focus, formal blog for the Journal of Animal Ecology

Lund, J., and A.L. Rypel. 2023. This drought is dead - long live the drought. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/03/26/this-drought-is-dead-long-live-the-drought/

Lawrence, A.J., and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Will more wildfire and precipitation extremes mussel-out California’s freshwater streams? https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/02/26/will-more-wildfire-and-precipitation-extremes-mussel-out-californias-freshwater-streams/

Colborne, S.F., L.W. Sheppard, D.R. O'Donnell, D.C. Reuman, J.A. Walter, G.P. Singer, J.T. Kelly, M.J. Thomas, and A.L. Rypel. 2023. Green sturgeon in California: hidden lives revealed from long-term tracking. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/02/12/green-sturgeon-in-california-hidden-lives-revealed-from-long-term-tracking/

Rypel, A.L., J. Lund, and C. Jeffres. 2023. Is the drought over? Reflections on California's recent flood-drought combo. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/01/22/is-the-drought-over-reflections-on-californias-recent-flood-drought-combo/

Mount, J., A.L. Rypel, and C. Jeffres. 2023. Nature's gift to nature in early winter storms. https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/01/15/natures-gift-to-nature-in-early-winter-storms/

Schreier, A., P.B. Moyle, N.J. Demetras, S. Baird, D. Cocherell, N.A. Fangue, K. Sellheim, J. Walter, M. Johnston, S. Colborne, L.S. Lewis, and A.L. Rypel. 2022. White sturgeon: is an ancient survivor facing extinction in California? https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/11/06/white-sturgeon-is-an-ancient-survivor-facing-extinction-in-california/ 

Rypel, A.L. 2022. Being patient and persistent with nature. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/10/16/being-patient-and-persistent-with-nature/

Rypel, A.L. 2022. Science happens.

https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/09/11/science-happens/ 

Rypel, A.L. 2022. Two-way thinking in natural resource management. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/08/07/two-way-thinking-in-natural-resource-management/

Holleman, R.C., N.A. Fangue, E.S. Gross, M.J. Thomas, and A.L. Rypel. 2022. Unlocking how Chinook salmon swim in California rivers. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/07/10/unlocking-how-juvenile-chinook-salmon-swim-in-california-rivers/

Rypel, A.L. 2022. California's continued drought. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/06/19/californias-continued-drought/

Börk, K., A.L. Rypel, S. Yarnell, A. Willis, P. Moyle, J. Medellin-Azuara, J.  Lund, and R. Lusardi. 2022. Considerations for developing an environmental water right in California. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/06/12/considerations-for-developing-an-environmental-water-right-in-california/

Rypel, A.L. 2022. A conservation bill you've never heard of may be the most important in a generation. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/05/22/a-conservation-bill-youve-never-heard-of-may-be-the-most-important-in-a-generation/

Rabidoux, A., M. Stevenson, P.B. Moyle, M.C. Miner, L.G. Hitt, D.E. Cocherell, N.A. Fangue, and A.L. Rypel. 2022. The Putah Creek fish kill: learning from a local disaster. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/04/24/the-putah-creek-fish-kill-learning-from-a-local-disaster/

Rypel, A.L. 2022. Nature has solutions...What are they? And why do they matter? https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/03/

Rypel, A.L., D.J. Alcott, P. Buttner, A. Wampler, J. Colby, P. Saffarinia. N. Fangue, and C.A. Jeffres. 2022. Rice and salmon, what a match! https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/02/13/rice-salmon-what-a-match/

Parisek, C.A., and A.L. Rypel. 2022. California Waterblog 2021 "Wrapped". https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/01/02/california-waterblog-2021-wrapped/

Rypel, A.L. 2021. Defending 'rough fish'. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/12/19/defending-rough-fish/

Willis, A., R. Peek, and A.L. Rypel. 2021. Dammed hot: California's regulated streams fail cold-water ecosystems. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/08/29/dammed-hot-californias-regulated-streams-fail-cold-water-ecosystems/ 

CWS Scientists. 2021. Picture this research - a photo blog from the Center for Watershed Sciences. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/12/20/picture-this-research-a-photo-blog-from-the-center-for-watershed-sciences/

Rypel, A.L., and J. Lund. 2021. Can one atmospheric river end California's drought? https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/10/31/can-one-atmospheric-river-end-californias-drought/

Rypel, A.L. 2021. Sometimes, studying the variation is the interesting thing. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/10/17/sometimes-studying-the-variation-is-the-interesting-thing/

Moyle, P.B. 2021. Drought makes conditions worse for California's declining native fishes. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/06/27/drought-makes-conditions-worse-for-californias-declining-native-fishes/

Rypel, A.L. 2021. Do largemouth bass like droughts? https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/05/02/do-largemouth-bass-like-droughts/

Rypel, A.L. 2021. That time Warren Buffett got involved in California water. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/03/21/that-time-warren-buffett-got-involved-in-california-water/

Lund, J., A.L. Rypel, and J. Medellin-Azuara. 2021. California's new drought. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/03/14/californias-new-drought/

Luke, K., C. Parisek, R. Tallman, M. Levinson, S. Yarnell, M. Bell Tilcock, A. Rypel, and J. Lund. 2021. Celebrating black scientists in fisheries & biology. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/02/28/celebrating-black-scientists-in-fisheries-biology/

Hoover, B.A., A.L. Rypel, and W.H. Piper. 2021. Eat prey loon: lessons from juvenile loons in Wisconsin. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/02/14/eat-prey-loon-lessons-from-juvenile-loons-in-wisconsin/

Rypel, A.L., P.B. Moyle, and J. Lund. 2021. A swiss cheese model for fish conservation in California. https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/01/24/a-swiss-cheese-model-for-fish-conservation-in-california/

Moyle, P., K. Börk, J. Durand, T.C. Hung,  and A.L. Rypel. 2021. 2021: Is this the year that wild delta smelt become extinct? https://californiawaterblog.com/2021/01/10/2021-is-this-the-year-that-wild-delta-smelt-become-extinct/

PPIC Blog - Interview with Andrew Rypel. 2020. Making end of life decisions on dams. https://www.ppic.org/blog/making-end-of-life-decisions-on-aging-dams/

Scientists at CWS. Picture this research - a photo blog from the Center for Watershed Sciences. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/12/20/picture-this-research-a-photo-blog-from-the-center-for-watershed-sciences/

Rypel, A.L. 2020. Making productive assessments of California's ecosystems. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/12/13/making-productive-assessments-of-californias-ecosystems/

Willmes, M., A. Steel, L. Lewis, P.B. Moyle, and A.L. Rypel. 2020. New insights into Putah Creek salmon. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/10/18/new-insights-into-putah-creek-salmon/

Rypel, A.L. and P.B. Moyle. 2020. Rockin' with the rockfish. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/10/11/rockin-with-the-rockfish/

Rypel. A.L. 2020. Seven conservation lessons I learned in government work. https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/09/13/seven-conservation-lessons-i-learned-in-government-work/

Rypel, A.L. 2020. Losing mussel mass - the silent extinction of freshwater mussels. https://californiawaterblog.com/2022/10/09/losing-mussel-mass-the-silent-extinction-of-freshwater-mussels/

Luke, K., J. Durand, R. McConnell, A. Sturtevant, N. Suzuki, and A.L. Rypel. 2020. Initial Sampling of the Carp-DEUM Project, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/06/28/initial-sampling-of-the-carp-deum-project/

Rypel, A.L., C.A. Parisek, J. Lund, A. Willis, P.B. Moyle, Yarnell, S., and K. Börk. 2020. What’s the dam problem with deadbeat dams?, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/06/14/whats-the-dam-problem-with-deadbeat-dams/

Rypel, A.L., J. Lund, S. Yarnell, R. Peek, C. Lawrence, T. Harter, A. Willis, C. Jeffres, J. Durand, A. Sturrock, R. Lusardi, R. Holleman, P. Moyle, J. Medellin-Azuara, K. Jessoe, C. Newell, A. Lukk, S. Carlson, R. Hitchings, F. DeCastro, K. Luke, E. Platzer, D. Stompe, B. Williamson, A. Sturtevant, M. Willmes, A. Kruger, M. Holst, M. Ogaz, K. Neal, N. Corline, P. Vasquez-Housley, A. Alarcon, E. Holmes, M. Frey, S. Lee, M. Tilcock, M. Levinson, A. Chu, C. Parisek, R. Tallman, G. Singer, C. Hause, E. Jacinto, D. Ayers, C. Jasper, M. Berglund, P. Saffarinia. 2020. Black Lives Matter, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/06/01/black-lives-matter/

Rypel, A.L., G. Singer, and N.A. Fangue. 2020. Science of an underdog: the improbable comeback of spring-run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/04/19/science-of-an-underdog-the-improbable-comeback-of-spring-run-chinook-salmon-in-the-san-joaquin-river/

Börk, K., A.L. Rypel, and P. Moyle. 2020. New science or just spin: science charade in the Delta, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/03/15/new-science-or-just-spin-science-charade-in-the-delta/

Rypel, A.L. 2020. Field courses help young people see the real world, https://californiawaterblog.com/2020/02/14/field-courses-help-young-people-see-the-real-world/

Moyle, P., K. Börk, J. Durand, T. Hung, A.L. Rypel. 2019. Futures for Delta Smelt, https://californiawaterblog.com/2019/12/15/futures-for-delta-smelt/

Jeffres, C., E. Holmes, and A.L. Rypel. 2019. Fish are born free, but are everywhere in cages this spring, https://californiawaterblog.com/2019/04/28/fish-are-born-free-but-are-everywhere-in-cages-this-spring/

Meet Dr. Andrew Rypel, our new fish squeezer, https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/10/15/meet-dr-andrew-rypel-our-new-fish-squeezer/