The federal government said Monday it plans to release an above-average amount of water from a major reservoir in the Southwestern U.S. this year, but it’s less than many hoped after a healthy snow season across much of the West. The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages dams and reservoirs on the Colorado River, said it […]
Water transfers are an important way to share a limited resource, especially to help fish and habitats that were historically left with scraps when water rights were parceled out around the West. The water for such transfers usually comes from farmers, who free up water through some kind of conservation measure. By transferring the saved water, […]
As construction bids came in to fix the damaged spillway at Oroville Dam, a new round of storms sent water out through the partly collapsed concrete chute over the weekend. State officials expect water to pour through the spillway for up to two weeks, depending on rainfall levels.State officials have reopened the damaged spillway at […]
According to informal surveys following the February evacuations ordered in response to the Oroville Dam crisis, a large segment of the local population said they stayed at home rather than leave for higher ground. From the looks of an inundation map created by graduate students at the UC Irvine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, […]
Carrizo Plain National Monument is a place of extremes. The grassland, the largest of its kind in California, stretches across over 250,000 acres of unforgiving wilderness. Caliente Mountain and the Temblor range border the plain, while the San Andreas Fault cuts it down the middle. Surface fractures are visible across the dry landscape. The species that […]
Seems like California is not the only land mass to benefit from a surplus of water these days. The moon of Saturn, Enceladus, is swimming in warm liquid water, enough to create plumes of hydrogen gas erupting from the subsurface of the ocean floor, NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists reported Thursday. In both California […]
Lake Powell to Release Above-Average Amount of Water to Lake Mead
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Sunby Dan ElliottThe federal government said Monday it plans to release an above-average amount of water from a major reservoir in the Southwestern U.S. this year, but it’s less than many hoped after a healthy snow season across much of the West. The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages dams and reservoirs on the Colorado River, said it […]
Water Transfers: Crucial to Western Rivers, But State Programs Lacking
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /News Deeplyby Matt WeiserWater transfers are an important way to share a limited resource, especially to help fish and habitats that were historically left with scraps when water rights were parceled out around the West. The water for such transfers usually comes from farmers, who free up water through some kind of conservation measure. By transferring the saved water, […]
Water Again Flowing Through Damaged Oroville Spillway
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Associated Press (As published by Las Vegas Review-Journal)As construction bids came in to fix the damaged spillway at Oroville Dam, a new round of storms sent water out through the partly collapsed concrete chute over the weekend. State officials expect water to pour through the spillway for up to two weeks, depending on rainfall levels.State officials have reopened the damaged spillway at […]
Unofficial Map Shows Potential Flooding From Spillway Failure
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Appeal-Democrat (Marysville)by Jake AbbottAccording to informal surveys following the February evacuations ordered in response to the Oroville Dam crisis, a large segment of the local population said they stayed at home rather than leave for higher ground. From the looks of an inundation map created by graduate students at the UC Irvine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, […]
A Dried-Up Calif. Lake Makes A Comeback – And So Do The Species It Sustains
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /SF Gate (San Francisco) by Michelle RobertsonCarrizo Plain National Monument is a place of extremes. The grassland, the largest of its kind in California, stretches across over 250,000 acres of unforgiving wilderness. Caliente Mountain and the Temblor range border the plain, while the San Andreas Fault cuts it down the middle. Surface fractures are visible across the dry landscape. The species that […]
Now That The Governor Declared The Drought Is History, What’s A Conservationist To Do?
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Monrovia)by Steve ScauzilloSeems like California is not the only land mass to benefit from a surplus of water these days. The moon of Saturn, Enceladus, is swimming in warm liquid water, enough to create plumes of hydrogen gas erupting from the subsurface of the ocean floor, NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists reported Thursday. In both California […]