NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada joins six western states demanding more water investments Nevada Current Colorado River April 30, 2024by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada’s senators joined federal lawmakers from six other western states Monday to demand additional funding...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: In blow to green groups, Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Glen Canyon Dam Courthouse News Service Colorado River April 25, 2024Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for...
EOS: California mountains face weather whiplash American Geophysical Union Hydrology March 28, 2024Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
UC BERKELEY: Plans for water equity in a warming world UC Berkeley Water rights and water law March 21, 2024By Janet Byron, UC California As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting...
UC BERKELEY: What artificial streams can teach us about insects, algae and our changing climate UC Berkeley Ecosystems March 19, 2024By the end of the century, drought may reshape California’s mountain waterways and the ecosystems that depend on them. By...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management February 23, 2024by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
USBR: Reclamation publishes overview of Colorado River evaporation history Bureau of Reclamation News Colorado River February 8, 2024From the Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation today published an overview of historical natural losses along the lower...
AG ALERT: Newsom announces strategy to help salmon populations Ag Alert Fish and wildlifePlanning and management February 7, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California experiences hotter, drier temperatures due to climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: In managing Colorado River dam, feds ignored climate change, conservationists tell appeals court Courthouse News Service Colorado River February 7, 2024The U.S. Department of the Interior updated operations of the Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in 2016, but conservationists...
REACTIONS: Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews Maven Fish and wildlifePlanning and management February 5, 2024Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom launches strategy to restore salmon population Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlifePlanning and management January 31, 2024The wide-ranging initiative includes a bevy of dam removal projects By Hillel Aron California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Launches California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Fish and wildlifePlanning and management January 30, 2024From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new actions and efforts already underway that California is...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation Hydrology January 30, 2024Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
Q & A: Today’s data and past history could add up to a more equitable way to divvy up California’s water Janet Byron Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law January 9, 2024Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Climate Change Will Increase Wildfire Risk and Lengthen Fire Seasons, Study Confirms Desert Research Institute Climate changeWildfires and watersheds December 7, 2023Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire...
