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A controversial 2015 report suggested logging could increase the state's water supply. Wrong.
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Of the hundreds of stories we've brought you during 2015, these are the ten that all of you found the most compelling.
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The city's increasing need for water is pushing lawmakers and water agencies to use the river's function as a flood control channel to their advantage.
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Central Valley Republicans attempt to rewrite California water law to benefit large farms without the public noticing.
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Letting the Salton Sea die would be an environmental and public health disaster. So why don't Californians care?
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Science shows that bark beetles don't increase the threat of wildfire, but they do play a crucial role in supporting healthy forests.
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Cadiz will likely have to put its desert water project through a full federal environmental review, which may kill the project.
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Wastewater from oil and gas drilling is used to irrigate some California crops. But fracking wastewater isn't included.
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle has been addressing water in his work for nearly two decades. At his upcoming exhibition "Well 35°58'16" N 106°5'21" W," the artist has transported nearly 500 gallons of water from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico into a ga...
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El Niño won't cure California's long-term water woes... and it may cause some huge problems of its own.
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That I'm writing my harvest column a month earlier than last year, which featured winemakers talking about the surprisingly early 2014 harvest, is a hint something historic is afoot. Welcome to Drought Does California, 2015 edition.
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As the accident at Colorado's Gold King Mine fades from the news, it's time to provide a little context.
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