3.24.14 — SF Gate, by Carolyn Lochhead: Even before the drought, the southern San Joaquin Valley was in big trouble. Decades of irrigation have leached salts and toxic minerals from the soil that have nowhere to go, threatening crops and wildlife. … Continue reading
BERKELEY, CA, By Ben Tracy, CBS News, March 6, 2014 — Government forecasters predicted Thursday that the weather system known as El Nino could return this year. It could bring much-needed rain to the West. Ninety-five percent of California is … Continue reading
With a third dry year in a row, the California drought highlights the serious challenges we face in sustainable water use in the western United States as a whole. It is dry by all measures: the amount of precipitation, of … Continue reading
Feb. 20, 2014 — New York Times,The Opinion Pages By Timothy Egan, Contributing Op-Ed Writer The bathtub rings in the reservoirs that hold California’s liquid life have never been more exposed. Shorelines are bare, brown and bony. Much of the Sierra Nevada … Continue reading
Presented at the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Drought Workshop February 18-19, 2014 By: California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) AquAlliance The public workshop’s purpose was to receive input on its drought-related activities affecting water … Continue reading
2.14.14 | By Carolyn Lochhead: White House science adviser John Holdren, a Stanford-trained physicist who taught at UC Berkeley and has studied the effects of environmental change for much of his career, says President Obama will address climate change in … Continue reading
USDA will provide up to $100 million in livestock disaster assistance, additional $10 million for water conservation. Fresno, CA, 2.14.14 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined President Barack Obama in Fresno, Calif., today to announce that the U.S. Department of … Continue reading
North State water supplies under pressure as drought parches California By Alastair Bland Chico News & Review, February 13, 2014 A thousand feet beneath the city of Chico, in the pitch-black waters of the Tuscan Aquifer, time has proceeded for … Continue reading
Two illustrated reports give a good background on the current status of groundwater conditions, including maps that show a steady downward trend in aquifer levels over the past 10 years. October 17, 2013 Groundwater Conditions in the Northern Sacramento Valley … Continue reading
12.9.13 – By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record — The environmental reports for plans for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan were released Monday, beginning a new flurry of debate.The $24.7 billion plan, seven years in the making, includes Gov. Jerry Brown’s … Continue reading
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