“I’m 40 years into conservation biology and I can tell you we are losing badly, getting our asses kicked,’ Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under President Obama, told me recently. ‘There are almost no reasons to be optimistic.’” theintercept.com/2022/12/03/cli…

My latest: new research shows most of California's beaches disappearing by the end of the century if more isn't done to curb emissions. But there are also things we can do now to lessen the impact of rising seas. sfchronicle.com/climate/articl…

Excellent article on big solar impacts to the deserts of California. Thanks Olly Wainwright theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m…

California’s Senate Transportation Committee voted 11-0 in April to advance a bill to incentivize solar canopies over parking lots…

“As wealthy countries move consumers towards electric vehicles to cut planet-warming pollution, gas-powered cars won’t necessarily go away. Instead, many will be shipped thousands of miles away to developing countries like Benin” amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.co…

It didn't take three or even two years of above normal precipitation...it only took five months. Lake Shasta is full. Celebrate accordingly.

Heartbreaking story. We need more national parks & more public transit, not more roads & parking lots.

Sacramento is trying to ‘trojan horse’ the Delta Tunnel by streamlining it with a batch of other infrastructure projects. 🐎 Fast-track the good projects, not ones that ship our water to Beverly Hills.

The California DWR photo site is a very nice public service. pixel-ca-dwr.photoshelter.com/galleries

OK this is insane but totally believable.

Mark Oct. 25 for the Water Education Foundation's annual day-long Water Summit on the latest critical #cawater and #ColoradoRiver issues, at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in downtown Sacramento. More information coming soon!

The #4 most read #cawater news item on Maven this week: Westlands Water District lets bounty of flood water flow to the ocean instead of maximizing groundwater recharge, from SJV Water sjvwater.org/westlands-wate…

'Improvised, spotty and belated': Will California reform its oversight of water rights? latimes.com/environment/st…

Washington state is trying to pioneer a new model for wildlife conservation that isn't so dependent on hunting and fishing fees -- and protects non-game animals, too: stateline.org/2023/05/31/sta…

It’s obviously time for a full-scale wolverine recovery effort in CA.

California’s pivot from treating beavers as troublemakers to partners in watershed restoration could boost Sierra Nevada water supplies. “Beavers are the ultimate nature based solution: they do all the work—it’s free help.” Robin Meadows reports #cawater wp.me/p9BPps-Bw2

This thread gives me hope.

A new suburban community in Menifee, CA, has rooftop solar panels, electric space and water heating, induction stoves and a big battery to keep the lights on during grid outages: kqed.org/science/198298…