Fishery Managers Consider Closing Salmon Seasons Off West Coast
March 15, 2016
Regional fishery managers are considering closing or restricting all salmon fishing off the U.S. West Coast.
March 15, 2016
Regional fishery managers are considering closing or restricting all salmon fishing off the U.S. West Coast.
February 4, 2016 | Ed Joyce
The U.S. Drought Monitor says, other than a slight reduction in exceptional drought in the northern Sierra, it needs more time to assess impacts of the recent moisture on California's long-term drought.
January 7, 2016 | Ed Joyce
The recent rain and snow in California is a good start but it will take more than one above-average year to replenish major reservoirs and groundwater.
December 10, 2015 | Ed Joyce
Despite a return to a more typical fall storm pattern, the rain and snow has brought only minimal improvement to California's multiyear drought.
August 13, 2015 | Ed Joyce
A slight decrease in severe drought in the last week for one part of California and Nevada saw an increase in the intensity of exceptional drought.
July 30, 2015 | Ed Joyce
The above-average rains of the past week did not ease drought conditions or improve reservoir storage in California. The drought expanded in other parts of the western U.S.
July 23, 2015 | Ed Joyce
The "well above-average" rain of the past three months in California has not brought any improvement to drought conditions in the state.
July 9, 2015 | Ed Joyce
California is on pace for its warmest year on record in the fourth year of drought.
April 2, 2014
A Sacramento-area FEMA team has been called to Washington to help with search and rescue efforts that have been ongoing since a mudslide destroyed a small town a week-and-a-half ago.
April 1, 2014 | Bob Moffitt
A search and rescue team from Sacramento has been working at the site of a deadly mud slide in Washington state for more than a week. Capital Public Radio talked with one of the members of the crew.