What you need to know: California has invested billions of dollars to fight fires and treated millions of acres to...
An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...
By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lake Tahoe’s iconic blue waters were the third murkiest on record last year and the worst they’ve been in several years, according to data...
Annual report suggests deep dive into particle science By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Lake Tahoe’s long-term clarity record is not...
Press release from the Office of the Governor: California is working with state, local, and federal agencies in a historic...
Reporting by Julie Cart, Data analysis by Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. An azure jewel set more than a mile high, deep in the High Sierra, Lake Tahoe is California’s most...
From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Winter began in earnest when an atmospheric river drenched Northern California with record breaking rainfall...
By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
The communications giant said it had agreed in 2021 to remove the cables, but paused that process to have further analysis performed. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service AT&T on Wednesday signaled it will resolve a yearslong legal struggle over...
DRI’s Gabrielle Boisramé has been studying the transformative impact of Yosemite’s natural fire experiment for over a decade. By Elyse...
Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become...
by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate is uncertain―and can swing wildly―from year to year. Will mountain snowpacks be plentiful enough to get us through the dry...
Multiyear project rejuvenates key stretch of salmon and steelhead habitat A degraded stretch of the Yuba River in Northern California...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water California’s 280,000 acres of mountain meadows dotting the Sierra Nevada are more than pretty rest...
By Benjamin Cossel, Stanislaus National Forest If they’d only known. Back in the 1850s, miners in the Sierra Nevada gold-rush town of Sonora, California created a connected system of ditches, wooden flumes and pipes to move water. Sierra snowpack melted...