Session Coordinator: 
Tim Bailey, Institute for Sustainable Forestry

Projected future low flow conditions represent an existential threat to the viability of aquatic ecosystems throughout California. The competition for scarce water resources during the long dry season is one of the fundamental challenges for Salmonid populations throughout the State. Finding solutions that respond to these water supply challenges is going to require both sophisticated hydrologic models and the broad adoption of beneficial cultural practices for watershed management. This is a venue to share advances in our growing understanding watershed ecohydrology. The session will profile recent progress developing hydrologic models at a hillslope and watershed scales, surface flows and ground water interactions, and adaptive watershed management strategies that are being deployed to respond to the escalating climate emergency.