Periodicals

The Desert Sun:

2/13/17 What is the Oroville Dam, and what will happen if the spillway fails?

2/12/17 Amid California dam evacuations, big risks and costly infrastructure failure

4/14/16 Losing snow in a changing climate

The Economist:

12/17/16 In California’s forests, removing small trees leaves water for bigger ones and for dwindling reservoirs

Environmental Monitor

12/3/15 Planned Feather River Observatory To Gather Data, Aid Hydroelectric Operations

9/9/15 Colorado State Researchers Estimate Snowpack, Plumb New Depths with Soil Study

9/29/14 Greater tree growth and more evapotranspiration could mean slimmer 

Fresno Bee:

11/20/17 Giant Sequoias: trees suffered in California drought

10/12/16 Restoring forests to tame wildfires means more Valley water

12/2/15 Climate talks in Paris are important for the Valley

4/1/15 Brown sees smallest snowpack in history, orders first-ever mandatory cutbacks

10/6/14 Could those empty Valley reservoirs fill up in one winter?

3/20/11 Sierra’s rain-snow zone promises water insight

Los Angeles Times:

8/2/17 China’s Gobi Desert feeds Yosemite National Park’s forest, study says

11/25/16 Start-up is pitching a new type of bond to fix California’s wildfire and water woes

Merced Sun-Star:

4/15/17 UC Merced professors say pipelines won’t carry us into a sustainable energy future (also in: Modesto Bee)

2/13/17 As we fix California water system, also fix data system

2/7/17 President Trump, please keep promises America made in Paris

4/22/16 UC Water part of White House summit

1/21/16 Roger Bales: Sierra is white with snow, but more drought solutions needed (also in: Fresno Bee)

9/17/15 Hearing on adapting to climate change set at UC Merced

2/18/15 Roger Bales, Roland Winston: Keystone XL pipeline does nothing to help our region (also in: Modesto Bee)

2/2/15 Dry January breaks record in Merced

1/8/15 How Lima climate talks will impact Central Valley

3/24/14 Overgrown Sierra forests gulping water that could flow to Valley (also in: Modesto Bee)

1/27/14 Even if it rains on Thursday, drought won’t end in Merced area

12/24/13 A big year with multiple achievements

12/7/11 Researchers look at increasing runoff by thinning forest

Modesto Bee:

11/20/17 Giant Sequoias: trees suffered in California drought (also in: Sacramento Bee)

8/27/17 Martha Conklin and Roger Bales: Drought or not, Californians must conserve water every single day

2/13/17 As we fix California water system, also fix data system

7/18/15 Modesto rainfall actually normal; mountain snowpack is drought culprit

9/7/13 Lessons from Rim fire near Yosemite a generation out

12/2/07 UC Merced researchers gather data on warming

New Scientist:

10/19/16 California is covering mountains with sensors to fight drought

New York Times:

4/11/16 Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst

Sacramento Bee:

2/8/17 Advanced data would improve how California manages water

1/13/17 Do they need a ‘damn satellite’? Why Trump worries California scientists

4/22/14 Professors’ expertise tapped for policy discussion at drought summit 

12/24/13 A big year with multiple achievements

11/25/13 National Science Foundation gives UC Merced $5M for water studies 

11/19/13 Grad student finds dream work in the Sierras

San Francisco Chronicle:

4/11/17 With snow melting, Oroville managers plan to use mangled spillway

2/13/17 No easy solution for Lake Oroville’s spillway problem

San Jose Mercury News:

4/27/17 Drought? Sierra Nevada snowpack at 164 percent of normal

8/16/15 More than 10,000 acres in Sierra Nevada protected in deal that aims to boost water supply, reduce fires

12/17/14 Rain could spell trouble for California water conservation

12/20/12 Landmark land deal protects key piece of Sierra Nevada

Sierra Sun Times:

9/10/17 New Study Finds Climate Change, Drought Threaten Giant Sequoias

8/29/17 Massive Sensor Network Helps Scientists Monitor Mountain Water Resources

5/25/16 Wildfire Increasing in the West Because of Climate Change, Research Shows

10/27/15 UC Merced Experts Roger Bales, Teenie Matlock and LeRoy Westerling Part of New UC Climate Report

9/25/15 UC Merced Researchers Gathering Data to Tackle California’s Water Crisis on Multiple Fronts

9/11/15 10,000-acre forest deal near Lake Tahoe to aid in drought studies

Tahoe Daily Tribune

9/13/15 10,000-acre forest deal near Lake Tahoe to aid in drought studies

Visalia Times-Delta

11/24/17 Giant Sequoias could be in danger