SJV WATER: Climate change could bring disaster or solutions to San Joaquin Valley SJV Water Climate change November 13, 2024By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A projected increase in the kind of “atmospheric river” type storms California experienced in the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California Robin Meadows Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management September 24, 2024by Robin Meadows In 1990, Gary Estes moved to Auburn, a town of nearly 14,000 in the Sierra Nevada foothills...
USFWS: A fix for flooding and fish passage on the Klamath River US Fish and Wildlife Service Ecosystems July 29, 2024Federal funds provide peace of mind to Tribe, improves fish passage in lower Klamath River By the US Fish &...
DWR NEWS: Climate readiness – Using advanced lasers and sonar to determine if Lake Oroville has lost capacity Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations June 27, 2024For the Department of Water Resources: With California experiencing extreme swings between severe drought to torrential rain, the Department of...
COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods Guest Contributor CommentaryPolicy and regulation June 14, 2024By Senator Alvarado-Gil, Assemblyman Heath Flora, and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria We all know it. You shouldn’t wait to close the...
USGS: New tool informs flooding and sea level rise solutions for the San Francisco Bay Area USGS Delta sciencePlanning and management May 30, 2024By the USGS: With the potential for flooding during present-day winter storms and sea level rise continually inching up on...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Northern California dam flood control operations found to harm endangered salmon Courthouse News Service Water project operationsWater rights and water law May 7, 2024A federal judge ruled that Coyote Valley Dam’s flood control operations stir up sediment in the water, which can harm...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Sacramento Delta stewards eye climate change protection for levees, habitats Courthouse News Service Climate changePlanning and management April 26, 2024Stewards of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say that preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about...
USGS: Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information System enhances flood prediction in San Francisco Bay Area USGS Planning and managementScience April 24, 2024From the USGS: In recently published research, a consortium of local, state, and federal agencies including USGS and NOAA introduces...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: The Good Flood, Restoring a Sonoma Creek Nate Seltenrich Planning and management March 5, 2024By Nate Seltenrich, Knee Deep Times Wooden fence posts poking just above the surface and tall oaks with their trunks...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A new tool can help protect California and Nevada communities from floods while preserving their water supply Desert Research Institute HydrologyScience February 21, 2024DRI’s Anne Heggli is partnering with the National Weather Service to understand flood risk from rain-on-snow storms in real-time, protecting...
DWR: Weirs on the Sacramento River: 100 Years of Flood Control Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management February 8, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: Set into the banks of the Sacramento River as it winds its way south...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation Hydrology January 30, 2024Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
SJV WATER: New Kern River hearing set and the J.G. Boswell Company fears water in the river for fish will jeopardize its massive ag holdings SJV Water Water rights and water law January 25, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water The J.G. Boswell Company fears its agricultural interests – and possibly even the City of...
STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages Stanford University Hydrology January 20, 2024When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
