Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers. By...
by Robin Meadows Many of the great rivers that meet in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta begin high in the Sierra Nevada, where summer snowmelt feeds streams that start as trickles and then gush downslope toward the sea. “These tiny, little...
From the Department of Water Resources: In the last five years, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its partners have restored thousands of acres of tidal wetlands and floodplains along the Sacramento River and in the Delta, where the...
Earth’s oceans absorbed unprecedented heat last year, intensifying hurricanes, floods and droughts while driving sea levels higher. By Jeremy Yurow, Courthouse News Service The world’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than any year on record, providing the fuel for...
By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow,...
With funding from NOAA Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy and its partners are raising sunflower sea stars in hopes of reintroducing them to the wild. This keystone species is critical to kelp forest health. By NOAA Fisheries One thing that surprised...
From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program‘s People and Wetlands Workgroup’s priority of understanding how wetland restoration can reduce coastal hazards and...
