March 8, 2018 | Ezra David Romero
Using this new approach to calculate the snow’s water content also means improved forecasts for farms and cities, and even positive benefits for renewable-energy production. The program soon could go statewide — if it gets funded.
March 5, 2018
(AP) — Monday's snow survey found a "much rosier" picture than before last week's heavy winter storm, but still less than half the usual snow for this point in the season.
May 1, 2017 | Julia Mitric
The state's lead water agency conducted the last survey of the wet season today. It's now a matter of managing run-off.
April 18, 2017 | Randol White
The Central Sierra Nevada snowpack this year is larger than the previous four years combined, according to new data from NASA.
March 30, 2017 | Amy Quinton
California has gone from drought to deluge in the past year. Snow now blankets the Sierra for the April manual snow survey.
February 2, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Today's Sierra snowpack survey has scientists with the California Department of Water Resources optimistic about the state's water supply.
January 3, 2017 | Amy Quinton
The first manual snow survey of the season found the amount of water in California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack below average.
June 21, 2016 | Amy Quinton
A new UCLA study shows that it will likely take until 2019 before California Sierra Nevada snowpack recovers from the drought.
March 3, 2015 | Amy Quinton
California’s water supply continues to diminish. The water content in the Sierra snowpack is the worst it’s been this time of year since 1991. Water conservation rates are equally dismal, dropping dramatically in January.
January 29, 2015 | Amy Quinton
The California Department of Water Resources says the state’s snowpack is “dismally meager.” A lack of snow in the Sierra is keeping rivers low and drying up some reservoirs.
