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January 1, 2013
01
Jan

Editor’s Pick One-of-a-Kind 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Stories cover everything from regulating habitat to Sierra watershed management to SF Bay mud math and the San Luis Drain.
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01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Water Supply Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Stories cover everything from fish kills at the pumps to struggles managing the "X2" salinity standard and the environmental water account.
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01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Smelt Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. In those days, the smelt was at the center of lawsuits, regulatory battles, and debates over recovery criteria under the ESA. Little has changed, except there are now far fewer smelt.
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restoration collage
01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Restoration Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this sampling of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Many stories of the day focused on rescuing creeks and rivers from culverts and rip rap, restoring diked or farmed wetlands, and experimenting with techniques to bring native species back to altered landscapes.
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collage stormwater stories
01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Stormwater Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Stories explore fledgling efforts to monitor, filter and curb stormwater pollution, ranging from rain gardens to vehicle registration fees.
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invasions collage
01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Invasions Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Stories explore the impacts of overbite clams, water hyacinth and mitten crabs, and later follow legislative efforts to control ballast water discharges and eradicate Atlantic cordgrass and hybrids, among other initiatives.
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salmon stories collage
01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Salmon Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. These stories explore impacts on salmon from pesticides, copper in brake pads, and water temperatures, as well as fights over critical habitat and water allocations for fish.
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01
Jan

Editor’s Pick Flows Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories from Estuary's first two decades of publication. Stories cover the enduring competition among beneficial uses of the state's waters for scarce fresh water flows, and the various management initiatives of the day, from the Bay Delta Accord and CVPIA to CALFED.
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