By this time next year a lot of work needs to be done on a regional groundwater sustainability plan. By 2017 the major players in our local plan need to be identified. By 2022, local folks need to create and submit a groundwater plan that will be sustainable and accepted by state water leaders. Every […]
Don’t be fooled by the increased water levels in our area. Scientists say we are very much still in the drought, so we need to continue to save water — not just for our consumption. The issue is protecting two endangered fish species, which would reduce water supply for farmers and people in Northern California. The fish […]
In search of solutions to the extreme threat to California’s forests and watersheds, correspondent Tom Wilmer met with Bob Kingman, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Assistant Executive Officer in Auburn, California. He then visits with Sean O’Brien in San Luis Obispo about urban forested Monterey Pines in conjunction with Cal Fire in Cambria. More than 60 […]
John Azevedo stretches the water that helps produce the milk on his dairy farm west of Patterson. He is experimenting with drip irrigation lines for feed corn that used to be flood-irrigated. The water that chills his milk tanks is reused in nozzles that cool the cows on summer days. Azevedo is one of 16 farmers […]
This year was supposed to be different. With Northern California’s reservoirs finally brimming and cities liberated from stringent conservation rules, farmers were expecting more water for their crops. The worst of the drought seemed over. Or maybe not. Despite a winter of fairly abundant rain and snow in the north state, federal fisheries regulators are considering […]
Ongoing drought conditions have contributed to the 29 million tree deaths in California, a number that is still on the rise. In addition to millions of oak trees in the state being killed off by sudden oak death disease, bark beetles have also played a large role in taking out the timbers. “The tree mortality […]
Big Steps Ahead on Regional Groundwater Management
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Oroville Mercury Registerby Heather HackingBy this time next year a lot of work needs to be done on a regional groundwater sustainability plan. By 2017 the major players in our local plan need to be identified. By 2022, local folks need to create and submit a groundwater plan that will be sustainable and accepted by state water leaders. Every […]
Bureau of Reclamation’s Complicated Situation of Balancing Needs of Fish, People
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Fox 40 Sacramento by Rina NakanoDon’t be fooled by the increased water levels in our area. Scientists say we are very much still in the drought, so we need to continue to save water — not just for our consumption. The issue is protecting two endangered fish species, which would reduce water supply for farmers and people in Northern California. The fish […]
Fifty Percent of Sierra Nevada’s Trees Dead or Dying—Are Our Forests Doomed?
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /KCBX (San Luis Obispo)In search of solutions to the extreme threat to California’s forests and watersheds, correspondent Tom Wilmer met with Bob Kingman, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Assistant Executive Officer in Auburn, California. He then visits with Sean O’Brien in San Luis Obispo about urban forested Monterey Pines in conjunction with Cal Fire in Cambria. More than 60 […]
Dairy Farmer Near Patterson Making Most of Scarce Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Modesto Bee by John HollandJohn Azevedo stretches the water that helps produce the milk on his dairy farm west of Patterson. He is experimenting with drip irrigation lines for feed corn that used to be flood-irrigated. The water that chills his milk tanks is reused in nozzles that cool the cows on summer days. Azevedo is one of 16 farmers […]
How Plans to Save Fish Species Could Cut Summer Water Supply
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler, and Phillip ReeseThis year was supposed to be different. With Northern California’s reservoirs finally brimming and cities liberated from stringent conservation rules, farmers were expecting more water for their crops. The worst of the drought seemed over. Or maybe not. Despite a winter of fairly abundant rain and snow in the north state, federal fisheries regulators are considering […]
29 Million Trees Have Died in California From Bark Beetles, Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Weather ChannelOngoing drought conditions have contributed to the 29 million tree deaths in California, a number that is still on the rise. In addition to millions of oak trees in the state being killed off by sudden oak death disease, bark beetles have also played a large role in taking out the timbers. “The tree mortality […]