Water will stop flowing from Oroville Dam’s badly damaged spillway on Friday, in the hopes it’s the last time it will be used before the next rainy season. Even with a heavy snowpack waiting to melt in the mountains above Lake Oroville, state officials say they’ve drained the reservoir down to the point where they […]
As the revolving door swings in Washington, D.C., David L. Bernhardt is an understandable choice to be second in command in the Trump administration’s Interior Department, a post with a direct hand in California water. Bernhardt is, according to those who know him, highly intelligent and a skilled lawyer. Given his pedigree in and out […]
California’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in negotiations between three states over the future of the Colorado River. The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in […]
Don’t put away your skis yet. A light, late-spring storm is moving into the Sierra, freshening the slopes and keeping the Tahoe snowpack chilled. Snow flurries are in the forecast today with the storm fully developing Tuesday and dropping one to four inches as low as 6,500 feet. “The cold front associated with the low pressure system will […]
The drought is officially over in California, but our water crisis is not. Eyewitness News investigates the proposed solutions to help our water supply for the long haul. “What’s interesting from last year is we were simultaneously in a drought emergency and we were in a flood emergency, and so it was kind of an interesting […]
With two major reservoirs on the Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, sitting half empty, will a new hydrologic reality be enough to push for big management changes? One conservation group hopes so. How to solve the problem is a source of political and legal wrangling that’s been going on for years among the seven […]
Oroville Dam Spillway Shutting Down For Summer Repairs
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Ryan SabalowWater will stop flowing from Oroville Dam’s badly damaged spillway on Friday, in the hopes it’s the last time it will be used before the next rainy season. Even with a heavy snowpack waiting to melt in the mountains above Lake Oroville, state officials say they’ve drained the reservoir down to the point where they […]
OPINION: Lobbyist For Big Ag Gets Ready To Regulate His Past Clients
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento BeeAs the revolving door swings in Washington, D.C., David L. Bernhardt is an understandable choice to be second in command in the Trump administration’s Interior Department, a post with a direct hand in California water. Bernhardt is, according to those who know him, highly intelligent and a skilled lawyer. Given his pedigree in and out […]
BLOG: How The Colorado River’s Future Depends On The Salton Sea
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Water Deeply (New York)by Matt WeiserCalifornia’s largest lake, the Salton Sea, is an accident. It was created in 1905 when a levee broke on an irrigation canal, flooding a giant desert playa. Today it has become a sticking point in negotiations between three states over the future of the Colorado River. The three states – California, Arizona and Nevada – are in […]
Will Winter Ever End? More Snow In The Sierra This Week
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /SF Gate (San Francisco)by Amy GraffDon’t put away your skis yet. A light, late-spring storm is moving into the Sierra, freshening the slopes and keeping the Tahoe snowpack chilled. Snow flurries are in the forecast today with the storm fully developing Tuesday and dropping one to four inches as low as 6,500 feet. “The cold front associated with the low pressure system will […]
Investigation: Just Because The Drought Is Done Doesn’t Mean The Water Crisis Is Over
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Bakersfield Nowby Kristen PowersThe drought is officially over in California, but our water crisis is not. Eyewitness News investigates the proposed solutions to help our water supply for the long haul. “What’s interesting from last year is we were simultaneously in a drought emergency and we were in a flood emergency, and so it was kind of an interesting […]
Calls to Rethink the Colorado River’s Iconic Dams Grow Louder
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York)by Tara LohanWith two major reservoirs on the Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, sitting half empty, will a new hydrologic reality be enough to push for big management changes? One conservation group hopes so. How to solve the problem is a source of political and legal wrangling that’s been going on for years among the seven […]