Local tribes, schools and nonprofits have developed a new high school curriculum that seeks to encourage environmental advocacy through an Indigenous lens. The advocacy and water protection curriculum meets state standards in science, social studies, health, history and language arts and seeks to bolster “culturally informed education” in the classroom.
As March begins to drag on with little precipitation in the forecast and few weeks left in California’s traditional wet season, we are in another dry year. This is California’s second dry year in a row since the 2012-2016 drought. Statistically, California has the most drought and flood years per average year than anywhere in […]
Scientists and boatmen with the United States Geological Survey are preparing for a busy week on the Colorado River as engineers at Glen Canyon Dam prepare to reduce the water flowing out of Lake Powell substantially. In order to conduct maintenance on the concrete apron downstream of the dam, engineers will be limiting the water […]
California is poised to issue the world’s first guidelines for microplastics in drinking water despite no data on how plentiful they are in the state, no scientific agreement on how to test water for them and little research on their health risks. The pieces of plastic — smaller than an ant, some so tiny they can be […]
Another March storm moved through California on Monday, bringing snow to the Sierra Nevada, rain showers elsewhere and gale conditions offshore. A mix of winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories stretched the length of the Sierra and southward into mountain ranges of Southern California that were just coated with snow last week. Caltrans recommended […]
Forecasts based on U.S. Geological Survey data predict that the Klamath Basin will only fulfill about a third of what’s needed for agriculture. The Upper Klamath Lake is more than a foot lower than it was this time last year, which was also a drought year. The Klamath County commissioners voted Tuesday to issue a […]
New Curriculum Approaches Water Conservation Through Indigenous Lens
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Times-Standardby Isabella VanderheidenLocal tribes, schools and nonprofits have developed a new high school curriculum that seeks to encourage environmental advocacy through an Indigenous lens. The advocacy and water protection curriculum meets state standards in science, social studies, health, history and language arts and seeks to bolster “culturally informed education” in the classroom.
California’s New Drought
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /California WaterBlog (UC Davis Water Sciences)by Jay Lund, Andrew L. Rypel, and Josue Medellin-AzuaraAs March begins to drag on with little precipitation in the forecast and few weeks left in California’s traditional wet season, we are in another dry year. This is California’s second dry year in a row since the 2012-2016 drought. Statistically, California has the most drought and flood years per average year than anywhere in […]
Reduced Water Flow Prepped at Lake Powell
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /Arizona Daily Sunby Adrian SkabelundScientists and boatmen with the United States Geological Survey are preparing for a busy week on the Colorado River as engineers at Glen Canyon Dam prepare to reduce the water flowing out of Lake Powell substantially. In order to conduct maintenance on the concrete apron downstream of the dam, engineers will be limiting the water […]
Premature or Precautionary? California is First to Tackle Microplastics in Drinking Water
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /CalMattersby Rachel BeckerCalifornia is poised to issue the world’s first guidelines for microplastics in drinking water despite no data on how plentiful they are in the state, no scientific agreement on how to test water for them and little research on their health risks. The pieces of plastic — smaller than an ant, some so tiny they can be […]
California Gets Another Round of Late-Winter Rain and Snow
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /AP NewsAnother March storm moved through California on Monday, bringing snow to the Sierra Nevada, rain showers elsewhere and gale conditions offshore. A mix of winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories stretched the length of the Sierra and southward into mountain ranges of Southern California that were just coated with snow last week. Caltrans recommended […]
Klamath Basin Faces Drought, Again
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Jefferson Public Radioby April EhrlichForecasts based on U.S. Geological Survey data predict that the Klamath Basin will only fulfill about a third of what’s needed for agriculture. The Upper Klamath Lake is more than a foot lower than it was this time last year, which was also a drought year. The Klamath County commissioners voted Tuesday to issue a […]