California is at a transformational moment when it comes to managing water. As aridification of the western United States intensifies, we have an opportunity to advance a better approach to flow management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and our rivers through a process of voluntary agreements to update the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. […]
As soon as the U.S. Department of the Interior last month announced that Nevada would lose 8% of its water allotment from the Colorado River next year amid the continuing drought, officials with the Southern Nevada Water Authority started fielding questions from concerned residents.
Southwest of Sacramento, the branching arms of waterways reach into a patchwork of farm fields and pastures. Canals and wetlands fringed with reeds meet a sunbaked expanse of dry meadows. These lands on the northwestern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have now been targeted for restoration following the widespread destruction of estuary marsh habitats that […]
Water is a mirage in California. We tend to see what we want to see. In my case, the biggest illusion was Auburn Dam. If you were a resident of Placer County in the 1960s to 1980s you viewed it as almost as a birthright that the American River be dammed in the canyon below […]
Ocean and atmospheric conditions tell us that La Niña—the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern—currently reigns in the tropical Pacific. It’s looking very likely that the long-predicted third consecutive La Niña winter will happen, with a 91% chance of La Niña through September–November and an 80% chance through the early winter (November–January).
Californians sweated it out amid a record-breaking heat wave entering its 10th day Friday that has helped fuel deadly wildfires and pushed energy supplies to the brink of daily power outages.
Opinion: Broad-Based Buy-In is Key to Bay-Delta Water Plan
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Gayle Falkenthal /CalMattersby Jennifer Pierre and David GuyCalifornia is at a transformational moment when it comes to managing water. As aridification of the western United States intensifies, we have an opportunity to advance a better approach to flow management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and our rivers through a process of voluntary agreements to update the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. […]
Campaign Aims to Dispel Common Myths About Water Use in Las Vegas
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Las Vegas Sunby Ray BrewerAs soon as the U.S. Department of the Interior last month announced that Nevada would lose 8% of its water allotment from the Colorado River next year amid the continuing drought, officials with the Southern Nevada Water Authority started fielding questions from concerned residents.
Tidal Marsh or ‘Fake Habitat’? California Environmental Project Draws Criticism
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ian JamesSouthwest of Sacramento, the branching arms of waterways reach into a patchwork of farm fields and pastures. Canals and wetlands fringed with reeds meet a sunbaked expanse of dry meadows. These lands on the northwestern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have now been targeted for restoration following the widespread destruction of estuary marsh habitats that […]
Opinion: Biggest Illusion in California is What Water Use and Development Does and Doesn’t Do
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Turlock Journalby Dennis WyattWater is a mirage in California. We tend to see what we want to see. In my case, the biggest illusion was Auburn Dam. If you were a resident of Placer County in the 1960s to 1980s you viewed it as almost as a birthright that the American River be dammed in the canyon below […]
September 2022 La Niña Update: It’s Q and A Time
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Climate.govby Emily BeckerOcean and atmospheric conditions tell us that La Niña—the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate pattern—currently reigns in the tropical Pacific. It’s looking very likely that the long-predicted third consecutive La Niña winter will happen, with a 91% chance of La Niña through September–November and an 80% chance through the early winter (November–January).
California: Drought, Record Heat, Fires and Now Maybe Floods
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP News (via U.S. News and World Report)by Brian MelleyCalifornians sweated it out amid a record-breaking heat wave entering its 10th day Friday that has helped fuel deadly wildfires and pushed energy supplies to the brink of daily power outages.