Drought impacts Archives

THE CONVERSATION: Droughts don’t just dry up water — they drain livelihoods and weaken local economies

August 27, 2025

By S. Mehmet Ozsoy, Concordia University and Erkan Yonder, Concordia University Unlike hurricanes and floods, which arrive suddenly and tend...

UC BERKELEY: A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

UC Berkeley

Fish and wildlife

April 3, 2025

Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Historic California drought harmed salmon, research shows

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

April 1, 2025

The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching their breeding grounds and...

AG ALERT: 2024 marks a decade of SGMA regulations

Ag Alert

Groundwater News Policy and regulation

March 20, 2024

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires local agencies in affected basins to...

COMMENTARY: Drought impacts an entire agricultural ecosystem

Ag Alert

Agriculture

November 16, 2022

By Tim Johnson, Ag Alert This third year of extreme drought is taking a devastating toll on agriculture in California....

AG ALERT: Drought impacts hurt farm communities

Ag Alert

Agriculture

September 28, 2022

By Ching Lee, Ag Alert With rice harvest underway in the Sacramento Valley, Colusa County farmer Don Bransford should be...

AG ALERT: Bleak water year ending, with hope for future elusive

Ag Alert

Current Conditions

September 28, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Nearing the end of the water year on Sept. 30, California farmers and water officials...

AG ALERT: Urban water use is latest target for drought cutbacks

Ag Alert

Current Conditions Policy and regulation

July 1, 2022

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert With farmers across California already facing severe cuts in irrigation supplies, state officials are now...

AG ALERT: Costs spike, fields go fallow in Klamath

Ag Alert

Agriculture

June 22, 2022

By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert The Klamath Basin has dealt with reduced water for decades, but this year is particularly...

AG ALERT: Costs spike, fields go fallow in Klamath

Ag Alert

Agriculture

June 22, 2022

By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert The Klamath Basin has dealt with reduced water for decades, but this year is particularly...

AG ALERT: Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture

Ag Alert

Agriculture

June 15, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California toils through a third consecutive drought year, many Sacramento Valley farmers, well known...

AG ALERT: Klamath dust storms harm farmlands, erode soils

Ag Alert

Agriculture

June 15, 2022

By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert Growers in the Klamath Basin have struggled with water-supply shortages for years, but this spring...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

May 23, 2022

Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought....

COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish

Ag Alert

Commentary Ecosystems

May 4, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...

CAL MATTERS: 6 million Southern Californians face unprecedented order to conserve water

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

April 27, 2022

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Unprecedented water restrictions are...