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"And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way." — John Steinbeck Jay R. Lund, Ray B. Krone Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of California ...
The character of the vintage year started with California's unusually wet winter of 2022-23. After several years of drought, enough rain fell to fill the state's reservoirs, remove water restrictions on theRussian River, and give the dormant vines happy dreams as they slept. ...
California’s diverse climate, ranging from desert heat to coastal breezes, makes “California weather” a highly searched term. Residents and visitors alike look for updates on wildfire risks, drought conditions, and seasonal changes. Winter storms in the Sierra Nevada and heatwaves in the south ...
suggests that drought will likely emerge, persist, or intensify (depending on current status) from spring into summer across this region. This probably means an early “start” to fire season in SoCal and the Desert Southwest in 2025. Meanwhile, in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest,...
On the heels of two wet winters, it’s easy to forget how close some parts of California came to running out of water a few short years ago. But this climate amnesia will not help us prepare for the next inevitable drought. Since before the state’s founding, the boom-and-bust of dr...
California Drought Monitor, Sept. 17, 2020/Brad Rippey, U.S. Department of Agriculture The intensity of severe drought across the conifer-dense range Sierras raises pressing questions of federal management of lands: the moderate to severe drought of forested lands intersect with the USDA Forest ...
leading to more disastrous, unpredictable weather events such as floods, heatwaves and fires at epic scales. In California, extreme heat and drought conditions now occur at regular intervals,drying out grassland, pine needles and other foliage, adding to the century-old tinderbox that stokes these...
"St. George had a bad name in the '90s, but that was not long-term thinking in terms of our water supply," Matthiasson said. "I'm battling with my clients right now to put in drought-tolerant rootstock." Many of the most famous older vineyards in California are planted with Zinfandel...
Consider the state’s water system. Once considered an engineering marvel, today California faces chronic water shortages. Political resistance to new reservoir construction and desalination plants has left the state increasingly vulnerable to drought, while tone deaf environmental requirements and miscalcula...