By Ching Lee With their orchards, vineyards and high-value crops, California farmers have embraced drip and other forms of microirrigation, making such systems the leading method used to water their crops. Despite increased adoption of drip, the traditional and more...
By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. More than two dozen fishing rods were braced against the railing of San...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water managers in two Tulare County groundwater agencies are scrambling to keep their farmers out of state clutches as much as possible, even knowing the solution will be painful. “As long as we don’t saddle...
By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty Ralph, founding director of Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) and a leading expert on these relatively recently...
The Klamath River dam removal unblocked nearly 400 miles of waterways in a big win for local Native American tribes. By Matt Simons, Courthouse News Service The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has been completed on the Klamath...