Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by hydrologist Robert Shibatani The past week has seen unprecedented weather across southern California, the Bay Area, and portions of the Sierra Nevada. While the storms have not matched the strength and immediate destruction of...
By Ria Roebuck Joseph | Center Square Just six years ago California voters approved the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, presented as Proposition 64 on the Nov. 2016 ballot. The name of the act suggested it would legalize the use...
Study suggests changes in hatchery practices could help increase population stability for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon, the backbone of California’s salmon fishery By Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz By returning to spawn in the Sacramento River at different ages,...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a modest increase in forecasted State Water Project (SWP) deliveries this year due to early gains in the Sierra snowpack. DWR now expects to deliver 35 percent of requested water supplies, up...
A new study maps risk of elevated arsenic levels in groundwater wells across Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, and Western Utah From the Desert Research Institute: In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often...
