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California water update: Snow not enough to counter losses, study warns
Newsweek· 6 days agoDespite several snow-heavy winters in California, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas has not managed...
Only 8% of California rivers and streams have gauges measuring flow, study finds
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"We're really flying blind." Researchers examined where California has gauges measuring the flow of...
Officials celebrate recovery of iconic American lake as water levels peak for first time in years:...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBig Bear Lake has benefited from the heavy rains in early 2023 and early 2024, which boosted ...
California grass fires may indicate severe wildfire season this summer, experts warn
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“We’re starting to see increased activity, but nothing all that out...wind. Higher elevation areas...
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Quartz· 6 days agoContinued rains may bring more of the state out of drought conditions. California’s precipitation is uneven. The state spends part of the year in rain, and the rest in a parching ...
Tracking California’s largest fires: Where the wildfires are so far in 2024
ABC 10 Sacramento· 6 days agoThe fire season is off to a fast start compared to previous years thanks to a couple key factors.
California braces for heavy wildfire activity this fall: 'They're only going to get worse'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoExperts say two consecutive wet winters and forecasts for a warmer-than-normal summer will likely...
Nevada leads as 40-year low is reached in Colorado River water use
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 4 days agoEfforts to stretch the overused Colorado River appear to be working: The total amount of water used...
California environmental groups appeal court ruling in favor of plan to build new reservoir
The Sacramento Bee· 6 days agoA coalition of environmental groups appealed a court rejection of their challenge to California’s plan to build Sites Reservoir in a valley north of Sacramento, its first ...
Michael Smolens: As fire season heats up, so do controversial efforts to prepare for it
U-T San Diego· 21 hours agoThere was a notion that heavy winter rains and snow would tamp down the fire threat, or at least...