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link to Feds, California fighting wildfire risk with goats

Feds, California fighting wildfire risk with goats

During drought, communities near forests are at risk of wildfire damage. The Bureau of Reclamation is working with various agencies in California to allow goats to graze on 474 acres of...

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link to California farmers face more water cuts

California farmers face more water cuts

The State has announced more water curtailments for July. The latest order affects water rights to the Sacramento River and its tributaries.

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link to California urban water users are headed in the right direction

California urban water users are headed in the right direction

California's urban water users reduced their water use by 3.1% this May compared with May 2020. The State expects the number to increase to 7.7% in June compared with June 2020. The biggest share of...

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link to California marks largest tidal habitat restoration in history

California marks largest tidal habitat restoration in history

California’s Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project in Solano County is the largest project of its kind in the state’s history. Fish, habitat, flood protection and...

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link to Looking Deep: California deploys AEM to view groundwater tables

Looking Deep: California deploys AEM to view groundwater tables

Using AEM, a helicopter-based technology, California is learning more about its groundwater. So far, it has collected data on 85% of its initial study area that includes about one hundred groundwater...

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link to California announces drought relief funding, conservation stressed

California announces drought relief funding, conservation stressed

Faced with worsening drought conditions, California's Department of Water Resources announced funding for 44 drought relief projects.  Aimed primarily at underrepresented and Tribal communities, the...

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  1. Deborah on New national map opens water well data to the publicOctober 22, 2025

    This map is an excellent tool to start. I'm not sure how thorough it is but I've found quite a…

  2. Helen Ck on New national map opens water well data to the publicOctober 22, 2025

    We are a democracy. We share the land and its resources. The system works FOR us and we demand transparency.

  3. Helen Ck on Water rights? Utah moves to clarify ownership of geothermal resourcesOctober 22, 2025

    Until we acknowledge the wisdom of the first people's , and recognize that the land and all below and above…

  4. Deborah on Humans, not climate, have drained Tucson’s aquifersOctober 18, 2025

    Interesting. I have read that, but I agree that a lot of our problems are based on overuse. Thanks for…

  5. Jim Garing on Humans, not climate, have drained Tucson’s aquifersOctober 18, 2025

    These conclusions rhyme with the conclusions in "The West Without Water" by Malamud and Ingram, who have made a case…

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