Sierra Nevada snowpack

The California State Department of Water Resources says state residents should start preparing for a third straight year of drought.

Thanks to a siries of recent storms, the Sierra Nevada has plenty of snow. Capital Public Radio's Ezra David Romero reports on what this means for the…

The Sierra Nevada is currently blanketed in fresh powder from recent storms. But the traditional way of measuring how much water is in all of that snow…

The third snow survey of the year yesterday (Monday) revealed promising results for the state's water supply. But as Capital Public Radio's Ezra David…

The latest state survey of the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains shows snow levels well below normal for this time of the year. However, officials…

California has gone from drought to deluge in the past year. Snow now blankets the Sierra. As Capital Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports, results of the…

The first manual snow survey of the season yesterday (Tuesday) found the amount of water in California's Sierra Nevada snowpack below average. As Capital…

The drought eased slightly last week in California, but La Nina could bring drier times next winter. Capital Public Radio's Ed Joyce has this report.

Mountain meadows, a crucial part of California's ecosystem have almost disappeared. They act like natural reservoirs, storing and cleaning water. Meadows…

Most Californians know 2015 was a dismal year for the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. New research just published in the journal "Nature…