Governor Gavin Newsom made a drought declaration on May 10 covering an additional 39 California counties. Less than three weeks ago, Newsom announced a drought emergency for just Sonoma and …
Central Valley Leaders Call for Proactive Drought Action
A bipartisan group of Central Valley lawmakers and elected officials are calling for more drought action from Governor Gavin Newsom. During a news conference in Fresno County, the group of …
State Senate Lays Out $3.4 Billion Drought Relief Package
California Senators have unveiled a $3.4 billion drought relief package to address the hardships created by ongoing dry conditions. The Senate Budget Plan on Drought, Safe Drinking Water, Water Supply …
Questions Raised by Targeted Drought Declaration
There has been some criticism for how Governor Gavin Newsom has approached the state’s water situation, issuing a targeted drought declaration. Many areas of California are also experiencing drought conditions …
Newsom Takes Limited Action in Addressing Drought Conditions
Governor Gavin Newsom has taken limited action to address the drought conditions that California is currently experiencing. During a visit to Lake Mendocino, Governor Newsom has declared a drought emergency …
Southwest U.S. Producers Facing an Expanding Drought
An Associated Press Report says drought has begun to tighten its grip on a large area of the southwest United States. Farmers, ranchers, and water managers are getting ready for …
UC ANR Drought Management Tips: Alfalfa
Because periodic droughts will always be a part of life in California, the UC California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) produced a series of videos to maintain drought awareness and planning, even …
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
The latest Drought Monitor shows soils continuing to dry out and crops suffering as drought and abnormal dryness expands and intensifies across the Plains, Midwest, northern Rockies, and Virginia. Montana …
State Releases Plan to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
As Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. ended the drought state of emergency in most of California today, state agencies released a long-term plan to better prepare the state for future …
Drought May Accelerate Shot Hole Borer Spread
Shot hole borer spread might be aided by the prolonged drought as the pest was introduced to California during the some of the state’s driest years.
Economic Analysis of the 2016 CA Drought for Ag
UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s agriculture in 2016, but …
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
From: UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences (California Water Blog) by Josué Medellín-Azuara, Duncan MacEwan, Richard E. Howitt, Daniel A. Sumner, and Jay R. Lund The drought continues for California’s agriculture in …