…weekly report using data and products from the National Water and Climate Center and other agencies. The report focuses on seasonal snowpack, precipitation, temperature, and drought conditions in the U.S….
Snowpack’s Water Content Far Greater than One Year Ago
…greater the snowpack water content, the greater the likelihood California’s reservoirs will receive ample runoff as the snowpack melts to meet the state’s water demand in the summer and fall….
Snowpack Totals And California Drought
According to the California Department of Water Resources, snowpack totals are above normal for the first time since 2012; however, experts caution that this good news needs to continue to…
CFBF Annual Meeting Underway
…the dinner plate. We hope we’ll be graced by a plentiful Sierra snowpack as we travel to Reno but regardless, it is important that we gather to discuss policies and…
2015 Water Year Hottest and Driest on Record – From the California Department of Water Resources
…consumption was about 30 percent lower than during the same months in 2013, according to the State Water Resources Control Board. The statewide snowpack on April 1 held only 5…
California State Climatologist: Do Not Count on El Nino to End Drought
…record-high temperatures and record low snowpack for California. Five of the lowest 10 snowpacks on record have occurred in the last decade, including the past four years. The seasonal snowpack…
New Support for Producers Affected by Drought
…one of the worst droughts in over a century. Currently, 35 percent of the West is facing severe to exceptional drought. In California, the mountain snowpack that supplies most of…
FID: “No ‘Regular’ Farm Water Deliveries To Be Made”
…the southern Sierra Nevada. Due to this year’s deficient mountain snowpack and rainfall totals, natural unimpaired Kings River flows this spring and summer — as if there were no dams…
Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains
…US, the snowpack at many of the stations is at or near the lowest on record. Months of unusually warm temperatures hindered snowpack growth and accelerated its melt. “We still…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…snowpack, drought, sea level rise, more frequent and intense wildfires, heat waves, more severe smog, and harm to natural and working lands, and these effects are already being felt in…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
…from remote sites to develop the water supply forecasts. The April 1 Snowpack Map shows the dramatic, early reduction in snowpack across the West. NRCS monitors conditions year-round and will…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent…
Farm Leader: Emerency Legislation Underscores Drought Crisis
…have the reservoirs in place to capture more of those heavy rain flows, especially if we can’t count on the Sierra snowpack. This winter, millions of acre-feet of water flowed…
Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…are no longer needed.” The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which Californians rely on heavily during the dry summer months for their water needs, is at a near record low. The March…