Moments before release of a crucial snowpack survey Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned against loosening the mandatory water restrictions imposed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown. “I think it’s premature right now,” the California Democrat said Wednesday afternoon. “I think we need to see what happens in April … an important month for water.” Feinstein met […]
The blame for California’s below-average snowpack was placed Wednesday at the feet of a largely impotent El Niño, which failed to deliver the powerful storms forecasters expected. Snow surveyors for the California Department of Water Resources found that the water content of the Sierra snow is only 87 percent of the historical average for this […]
After years of drought and months of speculation about how much precipitation a strong El Niño weather pattern would bring, the results are in: We’ve had a roughly average year. On about this date last year, Gov. Jerry Brown stood in a dry field near Lake Tahoe and announced that he would require California’s urban water […]
State drought surveyors will trudge through deep snow Wednesday to manually measure what could be close to a normal Sierra Nevada snowpack for this time of year. A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on the same spot — then a dusty patch of ground with no snow — to announce that the dire drought […]
With the wettest winter in five years having taken the hard edges off the historic drought and a key Sierra snowpack reading Wednesday expected to show big gains, Californians can look forward to substantial relief from mandatory statewide water restrictions. “We are likely to ease the rules or lift the rules,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman […]
With the wettest winter in five years having taken the hard edges off the historic drought and a key Sierra snowpack reading Wednesday expected to show big gains, Californians can look forward to substantial relief from mandatory statewide water restrictions. “We are likely to ease the rules or lift the rules,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman […]
Dianne Feinstein Says Water Wars Tougher Than Assault-Weapons Ban
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Beeby By Christopher CadelagoMoments before release of a crucial snowpack survey Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned against loosening the mandatory water restrictions imposed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown. “I think it’s premature right now,” the California Democrat said Wednesday afternoon. “I think we need to see what happens in April … an important month for water.” Feinstein met […]
Sierra Snowpack Shows El Niño Not as Beastly as Billed
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGateby By Peter FimriteThe blame for California’s below-average snowpack was placed Wednesday at the feet of a largely impotent El Niño, which failed to deliver the powerful storms forecasters expected. Snow surveyors for the California Department of Water Resources found that the water content of the Sierra snow is only 87 percent of the historical average for this […]
Critical Sierra Survey Finds Healthy Snowpack – But No ‘Drought Buster’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Sacramento Bee by By Phillip Reese and Dale KaslerAfter years of drought and months of speculation about how much precipitation a strong El Niño weather pattern would bring, the results are in: We’ve had a roughly average year. On about this date last year, Gov. Jerry Brown stood in a dry field near Lake Tahoe and announced that he would require California’s urban water […]
Improved California Spring Snowpack Won’t End Drought
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Associated Press (As Published by ABC News)State drought surveyors will trudge through deep snow Wednesday to manually measure what could be close to a normal Sierra Nevada snowpack for this time of year. A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on the same spot — then a dusty patch of ground with no snow — to announce that the dire drought […]
California Drought Rules Likely to be Relaxed
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury Newsby By Paul RogersWith the wettest winter in five years having taken the hard edges off the historic drought and a key Sierra snowpack reading Wednesday expected to show big gains, Californians can look forward to substantial relief from mandatory statewide water restrictions. “We are likely to ease the rules or lift the rules,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman […]
California Drought Rules Likely to be Relaxed
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Jose Mercury Newsby By Paul RogersWith the wettest winter in five years having taken the hard edges off the historic drought and a key Sierra snowpack reading Wednesday expected to show big gains, Californians can look forward to substantial relief from mandatory statewide water restrictions. “We are likely to ease the rules or lift the rules,” said Felicia Marcus, chairwoman […]