Spotlights

Societal use of rivers is important to meet many human needs, but has come at the cost of significant degradation of rivers. Different people advocate for balancing the needs of the ecosystem and the potential of the human imagination for utilizing rivers at different levels for different rivers. We propose that in the case where a high level of human alteration to a river will be maintained, benefits to the ecosystem are possible through spawning habitat rehabilitation below dams.

LAWR showcases its projects, faculty, and students at Picnic Day surrounded by the beautiful architecture of its home in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Building. Atmospheric Sciences hosts their activities in Hoagland Hall.

Field-based studies of soils in California ecosystems, away from campus, with travel throughout much of California. Emphasis on description and classification of soils; relationships among soils, vegetation, geology, and climate; physical, chemical, and biological processes active in soils and landscapes; and the role of soils in land use. The course is approximately three weeks in length each summer, and alternates annually between northern and southern California. The class may be repeated once to allow a broad perspective of soils and landscapes throughout California.

Austin, Texas native Katherine Markovich, a Ph.D. student in Hydrologic Sciences, was drawn to UC Davis in equal parts by the university and the region. As an undergraduate student in love with research, she encountered UC Davis’ Climate Change, Water, and Society Integrative Graduate Education Research and Traineeship (CCWAS IGERT).