KFBK news radio, Sacramento (April 25, 2014) — More than 300 people packed the UC Drought Summit at the state Capitol with one goal: "See where we are and where we need to go," UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said.
The Modesto Bee (April 22, 2014) — Two UC Merced researchers are slated to take part in the UC Drought Science, Policy and Management Summit at the state Capitol on Friday.
UC Newsroom (April 28, 2014) — California needs to start making smart choices now about how to get the most out of every drop of rainfall, University of California experts said Friday during a daylong summit in the state Capitol to discuss impacts and implications of one the most severe droughts on record.
Dateline, UC Davis (April 29, 2014) — Organizers of the UC Drought Summit sought to create thoughtful discussion and inform decisions about managing for this year’s drought and future droughts at a time when the state’s — and nation’s — attention is focused on California’s water shortage.
California needs to start making smart choices now about how to get the most out of every drop of rainfall, University of California experts said during a state Capitol summit on the impacts and implications of the current drought — one the most severe dry spells on record.
New York Times (April 20, 2014) — A sharp increase in berries, nits and other lucrative crops that require more water is straining California's water suuply in this third straight year of extremely dry conditions.
San Jose Mercury News (Mar. 30, 2014) — "It's in the economic interest of these high-value crops to make sure there is enough groundwater to get through droughts," said Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, commenting in a story about prospects for reform of groundwater management in California.
San Francisco Chronicle (April 16, 2014) — A new Field Poll indicates that 49 percent of California voters support rolling back regulations that protect fish to pad human needs.
San Francisco Chronicle (April 6, 2014) — Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, comments on questions on whether to store or conserve more water to ameliorate drought.
New York Times (April 19, 2014) — “For an endangered species, it’s a desperation measure,” the Center's associate director and fish biologist Peter Moyle said, referring to California's trucking of young salmon to sea.
