Two years ago, as the Sierra snowpack would normally be peaking, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on a barren mountain slope near Lake Tahoe and announced statewide emergency drought measures. Standing in the same spot today, he’d be buried under more than seven feet of snow. “It’s a transformed landscape,” observed Tom Painter, a snow hydrologist […]
Titled “Raindance,” this drone-shot video provides images that begin at Lake Clementine Dam on the Middle Fork American River in the foothills east of the Sacramento Valley and brings viewers down to the confluence with the heavy-flowing Sacramento River at the capital’s flooded Discovery Park to Tower Bridge and beyond.
The State Water Resources Control Board staff is formally proposing that the state’s emergency conservation regulation be extended another 270 days! A draft resolution to amend and readopt the emergency regulation will be taken up after 1 p.m. on February 8, 2017 at the State Board meeting in Sacramento. Comments on the proposed resolution will only […]
A state Initiative would establish in the California Constitution that the highest priorities of beneficial water use are: first, domestic use, and second, irrigation use. The California State Water Resources Control Board is now the greatest threat facing water users in the state, a threat that can best be overcome by returning power to the […]
California is the snowiest place on earth right now. This is after it experienced record snowfalls since November. Prior to this, it had statewide drought problems for years.In the California resort of Mammoth, which is near Yosemite National Park, the record on snowfall has been broken. More powder fell in January compared to any month […]
California water managers say Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995. State water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches Thursday to measure the snowpack. The overall snowpack is vital to the state, providing a third of water supplies year-round. […]
‘Astounding’ Snowpack Bodes Well For Summer Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KQED (San Francisco)by Craig MillerTwo years ago, as the Sierra snowpack would normally be peaking, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on a barren mountain slope near Lake Tahoe and announced statewide emergency drought measures. Standing in the same spot today, he’d be buried under more than seven feet of snow. “It’s a transformed landscape,” observed Tom Painter, a snow hydrologist […]
VIDEO: From The Air, Views Of Flowing Waters Suggest Sacramento Region’s New Abundance
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby Carl CostasTitled “Raindance,” this drone-shot video provides images that begin at Lake Clementine Dam on the Middle Fork American River in the foothills east of the Sacramento Valley and brings viewers down to the confluence with the heavy-flowing Sacramento River at the capital’s flooded Discovery Park to Tower Bridge and beyond.
State Water Board Staff Proposes To Extension Water Conservation For Another 270 Days
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /East Valley Times (Palo Cedro)by JudyThe State Water Resources Control Board staff is formally proposing that the state’s emergency conservation regulation be extended another 270 days! A draft resolution to amend and readopt the emergency regulation will be taken up after 1 p.m. on February 8, 2017 at the State Board meeting in Sacramento. Comments on the proposed resolution will only […]
OPINION: Time For The People To Take Back Power Over Calif. Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Capital Press (Salem, Ore)by Bruce ColbertA state Initiative would establish in the California Constitution that the highest priorities of beneficial water use are: first, domestic use, and second, irrigation use. The California State Water Resources Control Board is now the greatest threat facing water users in the state, a threat that can best be overcome by returning power to the […]
The Snowiest Place On Earth Right Now Is California
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Travelers Today (San Francisco)by Marc DelizeCalifornia is the snowiest place on earth right now. This is after it experienced record snowfalls since November. Prior to this, it had statewide drought problems for years.In the California resort of Mammoth, which is near Yosemite National Park, the record on snowfall has been broken. More powder fell in January compared to any month […]
The Latest: California At Heaviest Snowpack In 22 Years
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by US News & World Report)California water managers say Sierra Nevada snow drifts are at a drought-busting 173 percent of average, with the most snow recorded since 1995. State water managers poked rods into drifts as high as tree branches Thursday to measure the snowpack. The overall snowpack is vital to the state, providing a third of water supplies year-round. […]