By NASA Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the...
How the Winnemem Wintu tribe helped return endangered Chinook salmon to the homeland they share By NOAA Fisheries The original habitat of California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon is also the ancestral home of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. In the summer...
Presented options relate to Sacramento/Delta portions of plan In its ongoing effort to address an ecosystem in a state of prolonged decline and improve environmental conditions for fish and wildlife in the Sacramento River and Delta watershed, the State Water...
Estimates according to a new USGS predictive model. Exposure to some PFAS may lead to adverse health risks. Press release from the USGS Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states – more than 20% of the...
By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced Drought recovery isn’t only important for human water users. For example, migrating birds depend on being able to locate the same sources of water year after year to survive on their long journeys. A new...
