VIDEO: Folsom Lake, Other Reservoirs See Increased Water Levels
After the recent rainy weather, several reservoirs are seeing increased water levels. Folsom Lake has increased by nearly 10 feet since Saturday.
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Will The Wet Start To The Rainy Season Put Dent In California’s Drought?
October was wet, November dry. And December? The soft but steady rains this weekend were enough to push the Sacramento region to 155 percent of normal precipitation for the season. And there’s more to come. After a break between storms, wet weather is expected to return Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The wet system should linger over the region through Thursday, dropping two to three inches of rain in Sacramento and five to eight inches of rain and snow in the Sierra.
Senator Dianne Feinstein: Water Resources Bill Greatly Benefits California
The Senate yesterday passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. This $12 billion bill reauthorizes the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and funds a wide range of programs addressing the county’s water and wastewater infrastructure, ports and inland waterways, flood protection, ecosystem restoration and drought resiliency. The bill also authorizes $170 million to address the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich.
OPINION: Water Odds and Ends
It’s all about water. At least this column will be. If you haven’t read the big, giant water bill that had Sen. Barbara Boxer’s panties in a big, giant twist, I encourage you to give it a skim. That bill has everything in it. Sure, it has provisions that will authorize some operational changes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
To Save The Delta, State Aims To Re-Plumb California
The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed by the gushing Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, the Delta has diminished dramatically over the previous century as those rivers and their mountain tributaries have been diverted to irrigate Central Valley farms and Bay Area urbanity.
4 Northern California Places Hit Hard By Saturday’s Storm
It was a rainy Saturday in Northern California. The Valley has had less than a half-inch of rain, but the foothills have seen between 2 and 5 inches of rain. Below are places that were slammed by Saturday’s wet weather. Grass Valley police said Wolf Creek crested early Saturday morning. It led to flooding on areas like Mill Street.
After Years Of Drama, Farmers Score A Big Win In California Water Battle
The California water bill now ready for the president’s signature dramatically shifts 25 years of federal policy and culminates a long and fractious campaign born in the drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley. A rough five years in the making, the $558 million bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning steers more water to farmers, eases dam construction, and funds desalination and recycling projects. Its rocky road to the White House also proved a costly master class in political persistence and adroit maneuvering.
After Years Of Drama, Farmers Score A Big Win In California Water Battle
The California water bill now ready for the president’s signature dramatically shifts 25 years of federal policy and culminates a long and fractious campaign born in the drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley. A rough five years in the making, the $558 million bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning steers more water to farmers, eases dam construction, and funds desalination and recycling projects. Its rocky road to the White House also proved a costly master class in political persistence and adroit maneuvering.
OPINION: Is half a water fix better than none?
California’s drought — now in its sixth year — and climate change that promises to reduce water supplies in years to come have transformed the state’s water woes from an occasional crisis to an emergency. In response, as detailed in this week’s Insight, the state is stepping up efforts to replumb the state’s water system to balance what supply there is among cities, farms and the environment.
Drought Is Damaging California’s Giant Sequoias
“Headache!” is what professional tree climbers yell to warn folks about falling branches. It’s also what many scientists are experiencing these days as they consider the fate of the giant sequoia, the biggest tree on Earth. Journalist Thayer Walker stomped into Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest to report “Last Tree Standing” for bioGraphic, a multimedia magazine. (The story has also appeared at atlasobscura.com.) Walker explains that California’s lengthy drought has felled many shorter leafy victims: 102 million trees and counting since 2011. But at first no one was all that worried about giant sequoias, which can live for thousands of years.
