Drought

Snow arrives early in California’s Sierra Nevada

Snow arrives early in California’s Sierra Nevada

California’s high Sierra has experienced just a bit of winter in the waning days of – summer? Yosemite National Park had snow flurries at both Tioga Pass and Tuolumne Meadows on Monday as did the high elevation of 9,000 feet in the Lake Tahoe area. Some four inches of snow …

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American River Basin Study launched by Bureau of Reclamation

California Drought Water Reclamation Program

A new, comprehensive study in the American River Basin in Northern California has been initiated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to help inform water managers in the Central Valley Project regarding the development of detailed hydrologic analysis and models for the basin, including the consideration of the impacts of …

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