THE CONVERSATION: What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West The Conversation Wildfires and watersheds October 17, 2023Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a...
USFS: Protecting water from fire: How the Wildfire Crisis Strategy protects critical infrastructure US Forest Service Wildfires and watersheds August 17, 2023By Benjamin Cossel, Stanislaus National Forest If they’d only known. Back in the 1850s, miners in the Sierra Nevada gold-rush...
UCLA: Why are California’s wildfires getting worse? Experts explain what we know UCLA Wildfires and watersheds August 15, 2023Paper adds clarity to contentious debate with implications for lives and property David Colgan, UCLA Key takeaways Experts authored a...
DELTA COUNCIL: Wildfires increasing in acres burned and severity, but total cost to California remains unclear Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWildfires and watersheds July 6, 2023California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled...
PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: Seeing the Forest for the Water Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystems April 20, 2022When an ecologist, a geographer, and an engineer walk into a watershed bar, what do they talk about? Most of...
EOS: Forest Fires Could Boost Western U.S. Water Supplies American Geophysical Union Wildfires and watersheds February 21, 2022Streamflow in the West has been below average since the early 2000s, but a new analysis shows that streams aren’t...
AG ALERT: Wildfires bring renewed calls for thinning forests Ag Alert Policy and regulation September 1, 2021By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert The 2021 fire season threatens to overtake 2020—the worst fire year in recorded state history....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Congress seeks long-term solutions for drought crippling western US Courthouse News Service Hydrology May 25, 2021More than 70 million people are affected by a historic drought in the West. Lawmakers and administration officials are scrambling...
Forest management and urban forestry Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWildfires and watersheds October 17, 2020With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Debate is over,’ California’s governor says. ‘This is a climate damn emergency.’ Cal Matters Climate changePolicy and regulation September 11, 2020As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementWildfires and watersheds August 26, 2020[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to...
FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation December 4, 2019In her address to the State of the Estuary conference, Felicia Marcus spoke about the connections of the Delta to...
CAL MATTERS: When it comes to wildfires, should California be more like Australia? Cal Matters Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds November 26, 2019The system Down Under fosters self-reliance, giving homeowners tools to protect themselves when expecting firefighters’ help is not realistic. By...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Protect Communities from Wildfire, Climate Impacts Governor Jerry Brown Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds May 10, 2018From 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 FeaturesWater qualityWildfires and watersheds March 21, 2018Webinar looks at what is being done to reduce impacts the impacts of wildfires on water quality and ecosystem health...
