UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: Spring runoff is older than you think University of Utah HydrologyScience June 4, 2025New research finds water flowing out of Western ranges is, on average, more than 5 years old, demonstrating that runoff...
THE CONVERSATION: Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios The Conversation Planning and management May 27, 2025By Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder; Brian W. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, and Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder...
UNR: University researchers predict improved water yields after forest thinning Guest Contributor Ecosystems May 12, 2025Runoff increases by 8% to 14% from thinned forests during drought years when it’s needed most By Joel Seelmeyer, University...
STATELINE: Trump wants to log more trees. He’ll need states’ help. Stateline Policy and regulation March 21, 2025States are increasingly leading projects in national forests. By Alex Brown, Stateline Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Advancing landscape-scale resilience in the Upper Mokelumne River watershed Sierra Nevada Conservancy Ecosystems January 6, 2025From the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: A recent grant of nearly $4 million from the Wildlife Conservation Board to the Upper...
PRESERVING OUR WATERSHEDS: How Placer County Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing wildfire risk to protect water supplies Guest Contributor Ecosystems November 12, 2024By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
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...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Keeping water in climate-changed headwaters longer Maven Climate changeDelta scienceScience March 19, 2024Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions....
UC MERCED: Warming climate pushes rain to higher elevations, raising flooding risks UC Merced Climate changeScience February 6, 2024By Professor Roger Bales, UC Merced A new study co-authored by UC Merced researchers assesses the effect of a warming...
CAL MATTERS: Will avalanches in California worsen with climate change? Cal Matters Climate change January 11, 2024Scientists say predicting the effects of climate change on avalanches is elusive: Many factors such as temperature, rain and winds...
SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Meadow restoration in the Sierra-Cascade—keeping the momentum flowing Sierra Nevada Conservancy Ecosystems November 28, 2023By the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: There’s a lot to love about meadows in the Sierra-Cascade region and recent momentum in...
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...
USFS: Protecting water from fire: How the Wildfire Crisis Strategy protects critical infrastructure US Forest Service Ecosystems August 17, 2023By Benjamin Cossel, Stanislaus National Forest If they’d only known. Back in the 1850s, miners in the Sierra Nevada gold-rush...
DELTA COUNCIL: Wildfires increasing in acres burned and severity, but total cost to California remains unclear Maven EcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 6, 2023California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled...
STANFORD NEWS: Stanford-led study reveals a fifth of California’s Sierra Nevada conifer forests are stranded in habitats that have grown too warm for them Stanford University Climate change February 28, 2023Like an old man suddenly aware the world has moved on without him, the conifer tree native to lower elevations...
