blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... Bill Hasencamp of Metropolitan Water District described in vivid ... the stakes for managing the increasingly flood-prone wet periods of our ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Irrigation helps maintain soil quality by flushing salts away from the root zone, but mainly in high-volume (e.g., flood) systems. The small volumes of ...
blog post California’s Rivers Could Help Protect the State from Flood and Drought By Sarah Bardeen Apr 18, 2022 Apr 18, 2022 ... We work with farmers and enterprises to buy marginal, flood-prone ... those lands into flood-compatible habitat areas throughout the state.
blog post SGMA Could Bolster Habitat Restoration in the San Joaquin Valley By Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson, Abigail Hart Feb 22, 2022 Feb 22, 2022 ... SGMA also presents opportunities to expand intermittent wetlands—which are flooded in some, but not all years—in areas that are suitable for ...
blog post How Water Agencies Could Catalyze Headwater Forest Management By Henry McCann, Van Butsic Aug 2, 2021 Aug 2, 2021 ... YWA manages this watershed for water supply, flood control, aquatic ecosystems, and recreation. In 2018, YWA partnered with Blue Forest ...
Fact Sheet Droughts in California By Jeffrey Mount, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan Apr 13, 2021 California is highly prone to droughts, and climate change makes them worse. ... Because of this, urban areas often experience drought impacts later than ...
blog post Making End-of-Life Decisions on Aging Dams By Lori Pottinger Nov 9, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 ... ... active region that is also prone to intense flooding, as California is, ... PPIC: Without dams to store water, reduce flood risk, ...
blog post High and Rising: Flood Risk in California Grows By Jeffrey Mount, Daniel Swain Jul 20, 2020 Jul 20, 2020 ... These intense storms also cause damaging landslides and mudflows, especially in areas that have recently burned. Warming atmospheric rivers are ...
blog post Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley By Lori Pottinger Nov 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 ... The Central Valley has some of the highest risk of flooding in the state—and that risk is growing as the climate changes.
blog post Addressing Inequality in Flood Risk By Lori Pottinger Nov 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 ... More than 7 million Californians are at risk of flooding, ... at how flooding affects social inequality in flood-prone parts of the state.