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Despite recent storms, Californias dismal snowpack raises worry of dry year ahead FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 A Department of Water Resources team on Wednesday checks the weight of a snow sample at Phillips Station.Michael Macor / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6 This month’s statewide snowpack is measuring at 70% of average, even with last week’s snowstorm.Michael Macor / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of6 Donner Lake is rimmed by new snow in the Sierra Nevada on ...

California is soaking wet. But drought looms if we dont get more rain -- a lot more Sacramento Bee 1/29/2021 Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee Jan. 29—Six years ago, in the middle of a crippling drought, Californians were ordered to let their lawns turn yellow. They put buckets in their showers to conserve. Scofflaws had to attend "drought school." Meanwhile, farmers throughout the Central Valley had to idle many of their fields. This weeks deluge left many Ca...

 E-Mail IMAGE: UC Davis scientists conduct research about fish and floodplains on the Yolo Bypass in Californias Central Valley. view more  Credit: UC Davis If you look deep into the eyes of a fish, it will tell you its life story. Scientists from the University of California, Davis, demonstrate that they can use stable isotopic analysis of the eye lenses of freshwater fish -- including threatened and endangered salmon -- to reveal a fishs life history and what it ate along the way. ...

Preston Rancher Jay Wilde had a dream — to restore beavers to Birch Creek. His goal was to make Birch Creek a perennial stream. And provide water — for his cattle and horses. But each time he released beavers — on his own nickel — they vanished. “They didn’t stay. They didn’t survive or the predators got them, we don’t know,” Jay said. “It got pretty obvious to me that I didn’t know what I was doing. As far as restoring beaver.” Then, ...