LA Times (AOL), 6/2/2024. A significant early-season heat wave headed for western North America is threatening to deliver stifling temperatures that could break records, prime the landscape for wildfires and kick off a sizzling summer.
LA Times (AOL), 6/2/2024. City leaders in Los Angeles have announced plans to take a limited amount of water from creeks that feed Mono Lake this year, a step that environmentalists say will help build on a recent rise in the lake’s level over the last year.
LA Times (AOL). 6/3/2024. Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999.
California Trout, 5/31/2024. Monitoring salmon and steelhead is like ghost-hunting. Despite declining population numbers, these spawning salmonids still run in the memories of communities along coastal California streams. These fish support the livelihoods of diverse people including tribes, commercial fishers, and recreational fishing businesses.
LA Times, 6/2/2024. A wind-driven wildfire in San Joaquin County reached 14,168 acres by Sunday night, prompting evacuations in some areas, officials said.
Tahoe Daily Tribune, 6/2/2024. Across California, fire crews and managers are already preparing for fire season. Despite two years of average to above-average precipitation, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Fire Director, Jaime Gamboa, knows just how quickly wildfire season can take off.
Maven’s Notebook, 6/3/2024. Extreme heat forecast for Western U.S. kicks off sweltering summer; CA has underestimated potential of future flooding; Can the Drought Monitor keep up with climate change?; and more
The popular Annual GSA Summit is getting revamped in collaboration with the ACWA Groundwater Committee and SGMA Implementation Subcommittee. This is a once-a-year GSA and communities of interest get-together to foster progress on SGMA implementation, collaborating with ACWA members and implementers and GRA technical experts.
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