In December 2025, the Groundwater Resources Association of California hosted a two-day webinar to address the complex relationship between Interconnected Surface Water (ISW) and groundwater. The sessions focused on how groundwater extraction impacts surface water flows and the ecosystems that...
From the Department of Water Resources: Early season heat is rapidly wiping out California’s giant, frozen reservoir – the Sierra Nevada snowpack. Snow is melting fast, even at the highest elevations. In the last 12 days alone, the statewide snowpack...
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The State Lands Commission relied on flawed data to mischaracterize the impact of sand mining leases, which pose a threat to Bay wildlife and shorelines From the San Francisco Baykeeper: On March 12, 2026, San Francisco Baykeeper filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court for the County...
The USGS Powell Center has released new guidance to help land and natural-resource managers navigate a future where climate-driven environmental conditions increasingly diverge from historical norms. From the USGS: A new manuscript from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Powell Center offers...
