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 […]
A month that’s been called miraculous for California’s water supply is marching toward the finale of the rainy season, but as it was heading out the door, storms in Tahoe dumped half a foot of snow on ski resorts Monday night into Tuesday. Without other definitive wet systems on the horizon, the powder — which […]
The rain storms and blizzards that were supposed to come with El Niño were conspicuously non-biblical in California this winter, leaving the state in an ecological limbo that has regulators thinking about easing water-use restrictions in some places but not in others. While the weather cheered ski resorts hit hard by the historic drought and […]
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 […]
March Bids Farewell to Sierra with Flurry of Snow
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGateby By Kimberly VeklerovA month that’s been called miraculous for California’s water supply is marching toward the finale of the rainy season, but as it was heading out the door, storms in Tahoe dumped half a foot of snow on ski resorts Monday night into Tuesday. Without other definitive wet systems on the horizon, the powder — which […]
Unimpressive El Niño Leaves California in Water Limbo
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /SFGateby By Peter Fimrite and Kurtis AlexanderThe rain storms and blizzards that were supposed to come with El Niño were conspicuously non-biblical in California this winter, leaving the state in an ecological limbo that has regulators thinking about easing water-use restrictions in some places but not in others. While the weather cheered ski resorts hit hard by the historic drought and […]