Runoff increases by 8% to 14% from thinned forests during drought years when it’s needed most By Joel Seelmeyer, University of Nevada-Reno Thinning of forests, generally undertaken to reduce dangers from wildfire and restore the forest to a more natural...
By Teresa Tomassoni This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy...
By the USGS and Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center As climate change intensifies, parts of the western U.S. are experiencing a growing swing between extreme drought and intense rainfall, including during several recent extremely wet winter seasons. A new...
If you had the ability to influence the story of an ecosystem as it was being penned, how would you write it? This is the core question behind this episode of the Delta Dispatch that discusses the history and future...
While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California. By Alastair Bland, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Facing...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) set out on its mission one-and-a-half years ago to begin returning beavers to watersheds throughout their native range in the state. Since then, the translocated...
