Articles by Alastair Bland
April 2025
Bodega Bay Isn’t What It Used to Be. How an Ailing Industry Has Transformed This Fishing Village
Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down — Again. Will California’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?
February 2025
Even in Wet Years, Wells Are Still Dry. Why Replenishing California’s Groundwater Is Painfully Slow
January 2025
Trump Orders More Central Valley Water Deliveries, Claiming It Would Help LA Fires
‘Literally Off the Charts’: LA’s Critically Dry Conditions Stun Scientists as Fires Rage
Too Wet and Too Dry: The Crazy North-South Gap in California’s Rain
December 2024
October 2024
A Third Straight Year With No California Salmon Fishing? Early Fish Counts Suggest It Could Happen
May 2023
March 2023
State Lifts Target for 15% Water Conservation
No California Salmon: Fishery to Be Shut Down This Year
California Storms Create Paradox: Too Much Water in Reservoirs, Too Soon
February 2023
California Water Board Waives Delta Rules That Protect Salmon
California, Other States Reach Impasse Over Colorado River
January 2023
Is California’s Drought Over? Here’s What You Need to Know About Rain, Snow, Reservoirs and Drought.
December 2022
Saving Salmon: Chinook Return to California’s Far North — With a Lot of Human Help
Is California’s Drought Over? Water Providers Still Predict Shortages Next Year
May 2019
Weakling or Bully? The Battle Over the CEQA, the State’s Iconic Environmental Law
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