The San Jerardo housing cooperative in Salinas is home to 60 farm workers and their families. I am its general manager. The people in my housing cooperative breathe pesticides when neighboring fields are sprayed. When agricultural practices harm wildlife, we see the change in our backyards. The people of San Jerardo also have a stake […]
A rather quiet gathering of those who control the most precious resource in the West happened on the Strip last week. It was the annual Colorado River Water Users Association Conference.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday called for more federal money and oversight to shore up the nation’s aging dams following an Associated Press investigation that found scores of potentially troubling dams located near homes and communities across the country.
My personal and professional lives collided in the middle of the night at the end of October when my neighbor pounded on our front door. Had we received the warnings of the growing Getty fire? We hadn’t. Our neighbor shouted that mandatory evacuations had been issued for much of our Pacific Palisades community in Los […]
The heavy management of river systems in California is causing a compression in the migration timing of Chinook salmon to the point that they crowd their habitats. As a result, they might miss the best window for entering the ocean to grow into adults. Currently, less than 3% of wetland habitat remains in the Sacramento-San […]
In a landmark win for the Central Valley, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) recently announced that $14 million in investments has been secured for Central Valley and regional water projects in the bipartisan year-end funding deal. Harder has been pushing these projects both publicly and privately during House deliberation earlier this year and during the drafting […]
OPINION: California Must Stop Agriculture From Fouling Our Drinking Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /CALmattersby Horacio AmezquitaThe San Jerardo housing cooperative in Salinas is home to 60 farm workers and their families. I am its general manager. The people in my housing cooperative breathe pesticides when neighboring fields are sprayed. When agricultural practices harm wildlife, we see the change in our backyards. The people of San Jerardo also have a stake […]
Water Managers Consider the Future of the Colorado River
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Nevada Public Radio (Las Vegas)by Rachel ChristiansenA rather quiet gathering of those who control the most precious resource in the West happened on the Strip last week. It was the annual Colorado River Water Users Association Conference.
US Senator Proposes Money, Oversight to Boost Dam Safety
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Associated Pressby David A. LiebU.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday called for more federal money and oversight to shore up the nation’s aging dams following an Associated Press investigation that found scores of potentially troubling dams located near homes and communities across the country.
For This Climate Scientist, The Getty Fire Made Clear The Need To Prepare For Disaster
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /CALmattersby Robert LempertMy personal and professional lives collided in the middle of the night at the end of October when my neighbor pounded on our front door. Had we received the warnings of the growing Getty fire? We hadn’t. Our neighbor shouted that mandatory evacuations had been issued for much of our Pacific Palisades community in Los […]
Manipulation of Rivers Jeopardizes Resilience of Native Chinook Salmon
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /oceanographicThe heavy management of river systems in California is causing a compression in the migration timing of Chinook salmon to the point that they crowd their habitats. As a result, they might miss the best window for entering the ocean to grow into adults. Currently, less than 3% of wetland habitat remains in the Sacramento-San […]
Central Valley, Regional Water Projects Get $14M
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Escalon Times (Oakdale, Calif.)In a landmark win for the Central Valley, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) recently announced that $14 million in investments has been secured for Central Valley and regional water projects in the bipartisan year-end funding deal. Harder has been pushing these projects both publicly and privately during House deliberation earlier this year and during the drafting […]