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A new round of state grant funds will launch a number of projects to restore Sierra Nevada meadows for habitat and water supply. Luke Hunt explains how momentum is building to tackle these projects.
You need to understand atmospheric rivers – airborne water streams that deliver as much rain as hurricanes or tornadoes – if you live in the West. Fortunately, scientists are developing a wealth of new tools to predict and explain these storms.
Regulations adopted in 2015 require water-rights holders to gather better information on their diversions and report it more frequently. Attorney Amy Steinfeld helps shed light on the complicated new rules.
A new Pacific Institute study is the first statewide effort to explore the impact of the California drought on vulnerable communities. Laura Feinstein says the results indicate neglect of low-income residents and subsistence fishing.
Like his vow to build a border wall, Trump’s promises around water issues will be difficult to fulfill. And the path to get there could be disruptive for water agencies and the environment.
Nevada Irrigation District, which serves two California counties, wants to build a new reservoir on the Bear River to capture rainfall, amid concerns that climate change is shrinking Sierra Nevada snowpack.
Todd Dawson of U.C. Berkeley discusses new research that shows how California’s ancient oak trees displayed clear signs of stress as they died from drought – signs that could be useful in the next drought.
A huge habitat restoration is being planned in the California Delta, and you’d hardly know there are people involved. In a new study, Brett Milligan argues that humans have to be given their proper role in the process.
At the 11th hour, the Public Policy Institute of California hopes to rekindle interest in building one water diversion tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta instead of two. But it might be too late to shift course.
In her new study about the Rio Grande, researcher Luzma Nava concludes that a simple change to a treaty could improve the border river’s imperiled environment. But political will may be lacking.
The launch of a new generation of weather satellites is expected to bring dramatic improvements in imagery and, eventually, more accurate prediction of storms and natural disasters.
The Agua Caliente tribe in Palm Springs argues it has a right to groundwater. Stanford law professor Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson explains how a federal court could soon resolve century-old uncertainties around the issue.
Treated sewage has been discharged for decades into Western rivers. It turns out this provides vital aquatic habitat in stressed rivers, as revealed by concern over a major Sacramento water recycling proposal.
Groundwater in 27 large California basins is overseen by court agreements, which makes them exempt from the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
A major federal court decision requires reassessment of four dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington, and may set a precedent for others. The dams block access to some 5,500 miles of historic salmon spawning.
A team of scientists declares in a new report explaining the effects of climate change on the Colorado River that there won’t be any “breakthroughs” to save us from water scarcity.
Unusually warm waters along the Pacific Coast, dubbed “the Blob,” have severely disrupted weather and wildlife since 2014. Meteorologist Nicholas Bond explains the phenomenon.
A synthesis of 100 recent studies finds that water storage reservoirs emit as much greenhouse gases as Canada. Two of the authors explain how this happens.
Some critics of California’s Delta water tunnel project say allowing flooding to occur again in the San Joaquin Valley is a better alternative to the costly and controversial water infrastructure plan.
The La Jolla of Luiseño Indians have seen their wells shrink dramatically because of California’s ongoing drought. Robin Cabrera explains how a federal grant – and help from other tribes – could lead to a solution.
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