EDWARD RING: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies Ag Alert CommentaryWildfires and watersheds July 11, 2024By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...
CAL MATTERS: Welcome to the Age of Fire: California wildfires explained Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds July 10, 2024By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests Courthouse News Service Ecosystems June 15, 2024Proponents say biomass production could create clean energy and new jobs in rural California communities. Critics say biomass is not...
OREGON STATE: Research showcases Indigenous stewardship’s role in forest ecosystem resilience Guest Contributor Wildfires and watersheds April 25, 2024By Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers have teamed with the Karuk Tribe to create a novel...
SJV WATER: Going to the source: Can meadow restoration beef up California’s water supplies and reduce flooding? SJV Water Water rights and water law November 22, 2023By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water California’s 280,000 acres of mountain meadows dotting the Sierra Nevada are more than pretty rest...
STANFORD NEWS: Low-intensity fires reduce wildfire risk by 60% Stanford University Wildfires and watersheds November 11, 2023High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value of managed low-intensity burning...
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...
