Wildfires and watersheds

Wildfires harm water quality during and after burning, causing flooding, erosion, and challenges for reservoirs and drinking-water treatment.

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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds offer to put water on California wildfires

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation Wildfires and watersheds

August 8, 2018

Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Protect Communities from Wildfire, Climate Impacts

Governor Jerry Brown

Policy and regulation Wildfires and watersheds

May 10, 2018

From the Office of the Governor: In the face of the worst wildfires in California’s history, Governor Edmund G. Brown...

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

March 21, 2018

Webinar looks at what is being done to reduce impacts the impacts of wildfires on water quality and ecosystem health Water quality is a concern for Western states because with the arid climate, there isn’t a lot of water and...

USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest

USGS

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

March 1, 2017

New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation...

Wildfire and droughts in Sierra Nevada forests

Maven

Notebook News and Features Wildfires and watersheds

September 10, 2014

With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health of...

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Wildfires and watersheds

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds offer to put water on California wildfires

THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Protect Communities from Wildfire, Climate Impacts

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands

USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest

Wildfire and droughts in Sierra Nevada forests

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