Start-of-Dec-2022 updates of reservoirs-plus-snow storage estimates in Sierra and Upper Colorado, available at cnap.ucsd.edu/storage_in_sie… . Not much snow in Sierra yet. Tahoe sums to barely above rim storage while Yuba is near norm. UCRB playing catchup. NIDIS Drought.gov CW3E Scripps

Took advantage of gap in storm arrivals to update reservoirs-plus-snow diagrams thru this morning, at cnap.ucsd.edu/storage_in_sie… A lot of snow water up there (e.g., attached figs)...Lets hope that it comes off & into rezvrs in an orderly manner, later. CW3E Scripps @DroughtGov

Is the Drought Over? Reflections on California’s Recent Flood-Drought Combo californiawaterblog.com/2023/01/22/is-… via UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Accomplished a long-time goal of visiting Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the snow. Didn't realize I would also get to observe some post-fire ecohydrology.

My son learning about the newest research from Desert Research Institute

California storms create paradox: Too much water in reservoirs, too soon calmatters.org/environment/20…

At time stamp 1:01:05 you can hear me attempt to summarize desert hydrology in under 10 minutes: kpcc.org/podcast/airtal…

Losing the trees for the forest (Opinion) tahoedailytribune.com/?p=184850

Risky 50-year experiment involving wildfires in Yosemite paying off youtu.be/GWw1jnaiCYk?si… via YouTube

Wingsong: Restricting Sound Access to Spotted Owl Recordings soundstudiesblog.com/2024/02/05/win… via Sounding Out! (we're done here folks, it's awful)

Nicely written-story on the relationship between fire, water, and people in the Sierra Nevada: biographic.com/fire-for-water/

I have a new paper out with Adrian Harpold and Naomi Tague showing some of the complex relationships between rainfall, snowpack, groundwater, and summer streamflows: dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15…

A nice piece by some of my old friends and lab-mates: Different roads, same destination: The shared future of plant ecophysiology and ecohydrology - Wilkening - Plant, Cell & Environment - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pc…

Congratulations to Bea in getting this ambitious paper published, featuring an impressive dataset merging ag. supply and demand! The Essential Role of Local Context in Shaping Risk and Risk Reduction Strategies for Snowmelt‐Dependent Irrigated Agriculture agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

phys.org/news/2024-06-w…

DRI’s Gabrielle Boisrame has been studying the transformative impact of #Yosemite’s #NaturalFire experiment for over a decade and the benefits that it can bring to the landscape. Read the full story on our website at bit.ly/effectsofgoodf…. #DiscoverDRI

Check out our latest research highlights #storymap that features the restorative power of good fire, innovative water research, life in extreme environments, inspiring #STEM careers, and more! bit.ly/drihighlights2… #DiscoverDRI

Really interesting article on the disconnect between public opinion and actual policies in the CA water world: The Delta Smelt Controversy in Sociological Perspective californiawaterblog.com/2024/08/11/the… via jaylund

"Reducing fire size protects #water quality" Desert Research Institute dri.edu/tracking-the-r…

Thank you Yosemite National Park and Roger Bales for supporting and contributing to this work: nps.gov/articles/plann…