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For decades, California winemakers have long thought of the Winkler Index as gospel. With increasing pressures from heat and drought bearing down on the state, however, the Index may currently be horribly out of date.

Some farmers in one of the country's most important agricultural regions will have to stop taking water out of major rivers and streams because of a severe drought that is rapidly depleting the California reservoirs and killing endangered species of fish, state regulators said Tuesday.

Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA 3rd District) released discussion draft legislation to add the Lake County portion of Walker Ridge to the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

Bay Area researchers are looking for a solution to climate change and may have found the answer in plants like switchgrass.

5 Reasons for intense heat in the Western US, ongoing drought, lack of monsoonal rain last summer, La Nina. above normal NE Pacific water temperature, and climate change.

Dog owners are advised to be cautious and to keep salmon, steelhead, trout and other freshwater fish carcasses away from their dogs.

What does it mean to store water for the environment, and why is it important?

Reality is hitting many vineyards now. This summer, fierce summer heat has been doing a number on grape growers worldwide. 

The California Democrats on Friday introduced legislation to boost funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s pilot program for grants for alternative water sources.

California has baked this summer, as temperatures in Death Valley climbed to 130 degrees. “...there is a fair amount of evidence that heat wave related health impacts, at least, are largely preventable,” Baldwin adds.

Even if you aren’t facing mandated water conservation efforts, though, there are small changes everyone can make at home. We asked experts for some easy ways to cut back on water usage. Here are their suggestions.

LandSmart® Grazing is a program designed to fund the partnership between landowners and contract grazers in the hopes of reducing the risk and rapid spread of wildfire.