UCANR: Water resilience, climate change, and water systems in California UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR) Planning and management September 24, 2025By Esther N Lofton, Laljeet S Sangha, Laura E Garza Diaz, UCANR California’s water systems are at a pivotal moment....
DWR: DRIP Collaborative Second-Year Milestones: State-Led Drought Task Force Moves to Strengthen California’s Drought and Water Shortage Resilience Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management March 17, 2025From DWR: California’s increasingly severe droughts are not just a challenge for water managers — they fuel extreme wildfires, threaten...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Weather whiplash in the Sierra-Cascade and the need to accelerate resilience Sierra Nevada Conservancy Ecosystems January 8, 2025From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Winter began in earnest when an atmospheric river drenched Northern California with record breaking rainfall...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Advancing landscape-scale resilience in the Upper Mokelumne River watershed Sierra Nevada Conservancy Wildfires and watersheds January 6, 2025From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: A recent grant of nearly $4 million from the Wildlife Conservation Board to the Upper...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California water experts prepare for climate whiplash Inside Climate News Planning and managementPolicy and regulation November 29, 2024As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...
PRESS RELEASE: San Bernardino Valley enhances resiliency with hydroelectric facilities SoCal water agencies Water project operations September 6, 2024Press release from the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District: The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (San Bernardino Valley),...
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought National Park Service Planning and managementWildfires and watersheds September 4, 2024By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...
DWR NEWS: State Releases California Water Plan Update 2023: A Roadmap to Water Management and Infrastructure for a Water Resilient Future Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 3, 2024The 2023 update focuses on equity, watershed resilience, and climate urgency The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released...
DWR NEWS: Living With Earthquakes: How DWR Maintains Vigilance and Resources to Respond to the Next Jolt Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and managementWater project operations November 22, 2023From the Department of Water Resources: When a magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Isleton in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta...
CALIFORNIA WATER PLAN: The state’s integrated plan for water management Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management May 17, 2023The California Water Plan is the state’s strategic roadmap for managing the state’s precious water resources equitably and sustainably. First...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: If not by drought then by megaflood: Climate change may have doubled risk of disastrous flooding in California Courthouse News Service HydrologyPlanning and management August 12, 2022Already crippled by years of megadrought, California may have another climate change-induced worry on the horizon: economy-busting megafloods. By Madalyn...
PNNL: Why we need hydropower for a resilient grid Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Water project operations January 31, 2022When other types of power plants go dark, hydropower provides a fast, crucial response in seconds By Kelsey Adkisson, Pacific...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation June 26, 2019On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
