The long-depleted Colorado River is getting a boost from the largest snowpack since 1997. Rising reservoirs offer some relief amid talks on needed water cuts. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2023 Four months ago, the outlook for the Colorado River was so dire that federal Read more…
Storm-ravaged Californians are still digging out from historic levels of snowfall and girding for more heavy rain this week. But Biden administration officials are looking ahead to a wildfire season that could bring more devastation once the state dries out. Vice President Kamala Harris detailed $197 million in new federal Read more…
The Colorado river is the lifeblood of the US Southwest, but today it is drastically depleted due to overuse, megadrought and climate change. Here’s how to rescue it. Source of this article, New Scientist, November 22, 2023 “The river was nowhere and everywhere,” wrote naturalist Aldo Leopold of the Colorado Read more…
Years ago, scientists said climate change would bring a Colorado River crisis. Their warnings, which largely went unheeded, are now playing out. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2022 The Colorado River is approaching a breaking point, its reservoirs depleted and Western states under pressure to Read more…
California is at risk of profound effects as climate change exacerbates dryness. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2022 Unprecedented dryness across the western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and Read more…
Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California’s Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2022 BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Read more…
The infestation, triggered by the drought, raises the risk of wildfires Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2014 Three years of drought have triggered an infestation of tumbleweeds across Southern California, raising the risk of wildfires, especially in the foothill areas. “The Los Angeles basin is Read more…
The largest birds in North America are closely monitored by local groups working to save the animals from extinction. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 5, 2013 As of July, there were a total of 429 California condors in California, Arizona and Baja, Mexico, according to figures Read more…
The federal report predicts a drier future for the seven states that rely on the Colorado for water. A range of solutions, some impractical, are proposed. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2012 Water demand in the Colorado River Basin will greatly outstrip supply in coming Read more…
As an early winter solstice celebration, and just in time for holiday shopping, the National Park Service will host its annual Winter Solstice Art Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun., Dec. 2 at Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center, at Lynn Road and Via Goleta, Newbury Park. More Read more…