Monday, January 27, 2020Monday, January 27, 2020

Powerful Parasites: Tiny Regulators of Ecosystem Health

Ticks, leeches, fleas, lice, bedbugs… even hearing the names of parasites can make one’s skin crawl. An individual stricken by parasites would certainly not be considered “healthy,” Read More…

Monday, August 19, 2019Friday, August 16, 2019

Understanding How Fish Deal with Drought

Drought is a frightening word for any creature that lives in water. Aquatic animals in regions like California that have historically experienced frequent droughts have evolved remarkable Read More…

Monday, July 16, 2018Friday, July 13, 2018

Delta Drought Review: How Did We Do?

The stress of an extreme drought can plunge a freshwater-hungry region into crisis mode. Multiple years of high temperatures plus little rain and snowfall from 2012–2016 drained Read More…

Monday, January 15, 2018Friday, January 12, 2018

The Winter Water Outlook

California is receiving its first substantial soaking after an unusually dry start to winter. We reported at the beginning of the current water year about the increasing Read More…

Friday, October 27, 2017Friday, October 6, 2017

Flashback Friday: Ghost Train

Here's a spooky Flashback Friday to get you ready for Halloween weekend. Look at those low water levels from 2015—now that's truly frightening! One side effect of Read More…

Monday, May 1, 2017Thursday, April 27, 2017

Droughts and Floods: California’s Climate Change Conundrum

It’s almost an understatement to call California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta “complex.” This highly altered ecosystem supports one of the most complicated water-management systems in the world. California Read More…

Monday, January 30, 2017Thursday, June 8, 2017

A Drought-Quenching Deluge

Many areas in California are still recovering from the previous weeks of torrential rainfall, caused by an atmospheric river. As large amounts of precipitation have swept across Read More…

Monday, December 5, 2016Friday, December 2, 2016

Forests of Brown: California’s Mass Tree Die-Off

As the Western drought comes to the end of its fifth year, forests are revealing the toll the drought has taken. While trees have been dying off Read More…

Monday, October 24, 2016Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A Drought that Defies the Odds

You have probably seen the recent headlines, “California Enters 6th Year of Drought.” The 2016 water year ended on September 30, marking the end of our fifth Read More…

Monday, August 15, 2016Monday, August 15, 2016

Rainbow Trout Hit Hard by Hot Water

The Stanislaus River is home to one of the largest populations of rainbow trout in California’s Central Valley, but a new report shows the fish have suffered Read More…