Newsweek provided this rather depressing story about the historically low Sierra snowpack. From the magazine: In April this year, the annual measurement of the Sierra Nevada mountains’ snowpack in California brought startling results: There was no snow at all. For...
Wildfire season is far from over, unfortunately. Drought-stricken California continues to take a beating, including devastating blazes in Napa County and the Sierras. From the Asscociated Press: A second massive blaze, less than 200 miles away, destroyed 135...
Tragedy at the American River Hatchery: warm water temperatures caused by a failed cooling system killed more than 150,000 hatchery trout. Here’s the California Department of Fish and Wildlife with more: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is working...
California is undergoing a pretty wicked heat wave this week (I just got back from the Bay Area, when even normally mild San Francisco was pushing 90 degrees), and the Rough Fire that’s burning around Kings Canyon National Park is creating...
California’s spawning salmon and steelhead heading back from the Pacific are simply hoping for the best given so many rivers are being affected by the drought. In Sonoma County, the Camp Meeker Recreation and Parks District is trying to increase the odds...
As a former San Joaquin Valley resident, this is just downright depressing. Tulare County – I went to college in and lived in adjacent Fresno County – is one of the state’s biggest casaulties of the drought, as Time Magazine...
