The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
By the Department of Water Resources: California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in...
Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on the same resources. Numerous water management decisions are being evaluated currently, many with the goal of protecting endangered species such...
By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...
Experimental release paves the way for multiyear supplementation program By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Federal and state agencies...
California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict dry conditions for the rest of the season. And conservation still lags. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters In a clear...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...
Hosing off driveways and excessive lawn watering could net Californians $500 fines under new emergency drought rules. By Nick Cahill,...
By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water managers alike, eagerly anticipate data from snow surveys to find out how much snow is on the ground, the water content of the snow, and exactly where it has fallen. Estimating...
Written by Robert Shibatani As we welcome in the New Year, our reservoir status has taken on a whole new...
Drought Relief Will Depend on Remaining Wet Season From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
By Erica Yee, Cal Matters Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather. All of these factors, and...
At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen, Delta Lead Scientist, spotlighted an article on the...
New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...
ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water Use in CaliforniaJohn Helly, Daniel Cayan, Thomas Corringham, Jennifer Stricklin, Todd Hillairehttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art2 A Survey of X2 Isohaline Empirical Models for...