CBS News, 8/5/2024. Firefighters battling the Park Fire in California are continuing to report incremental gains in containment, even after a weekend that saw the potential for perilous weather conditions.
Interesting Engineering, 8/5/2024. Researchers at Caltech have developed an innovative technique to gauge soil moisture in the vadose zone, the shallow region between the surface and underground aquifers where plants and crops access water through their roots.
Jefferson Public Radio, 8/3/2024. Iron Gate dam is disappearing. One of three barriers being removed from the Klamath River in far Northern California and Southern Oregon this summer, the dam once stood 173 feet tall. Now it’s about a third of its original height.
SFGate, 8/4/2024. Northern California authorities issued a warning Friday urging people to avoid swimming in rivers and lakes if they encounter slimy layers of dark green or brown scum floating on the surface or a pea soup-like murkiness to the water – signs of cyanobacteria.
Sacramento Bee (Yahoo News), 8/2/2024. Students returned to class at Davis Elementary School in Stockton on Tuesday, just one day before E. coli bacteria was discovered in the water supply, Lodi Unified School District officials said.
SF Chronicle, 8/5/2024. Summer heat will build back into California this week, with widespread triple-digit temperatures in the Sacramento Valley and 90s in the inland Bay Area.
Daily Republic, 8/4/2024. Lucero Angel teaches not far from the sights and sounds of the Suisun Marsh. Of course, the nasal honks of geese are often heard as goose and gander navigate low flight patterns through Solano's range of the Pacific Flyway. On a good day, however, from the doorway of her Crystal Middle School seventh-grade classroom in Suisun City, when even the wind is quiet, Angel may hear snowy egrets or black-crown herons as they travel to and from marsh feeding grounds, or red-wing black birds squabbling over territories or the calls of soaring raptors.
Associated Press, 8/4/2024. Fire crews battling California’s largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze aided in part by cooler weather, but a return of triple-digit temperatures could allow it to grow, fire officials said Sunday.
Department of Water Resources, 8/2/2024. The summer months invite everyone to get outside and enjoy the benefits of longer daylight hours. With summer temperatures largely remaining in the triple digits, Lake Oroville is the perfect place to cool off with surface level water temperatures ranging between 75 and 82 degrees. With over 15,000 surface acres of water and 167 miles of shoreline, the state’s second largest reservoir provides ample opportunities for numerous watercraft activities including skiing, sailing, wakeboarding, swimming, or paddleboarding.
Maven’s Notebook, 8/5/2024. California cities now have mandatory water budgets. Here’s how to get ready; Climate scientists hope this new mapping tool could help drive the point home; Wildfires are increasing concentrations of mercury in Pacific Northwest headwater streams; and more
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Alameda County Water District (ACWD) and California Project WET program invite educators who work with students in 3rd through 12th grades for a workshop learning about the science of climate change and the connection to California’s water resources.
Join the Department of Water Resources for the Drought Resilience Interagency & Partners (DRIP) Collaborative meetings. Members of the public will be able to observe each meeting and provide public comments in-person at the meeting location or remotely.
When: October 18, 2024 | 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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