Kurtis Alexander
Staff Writer at San Francisco Chronicle
Living in Northern California, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, reporting on water, wildfire, climate and the rural West.
Articles
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2 days ago |
sanluisobispo.com | Kurtis Alexander
California saw a notable bump in groundwater supplies last year, marking a second straight year that the crucial underground reserve wasn't drawn down by thirsty cities and farms, new state data shows. Moderately wet weather, in combination with efforts to proactively recharge aquifers and limit pumping, is largely responsible for a gain of 2.2 million acre-feet of water across the dozens of groundwater basins tracked by the state.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Kurtis Alexander
Conservatives Turn On GOP Senator Over Plan To Sell Off Millions Of Acres Of Public LandUtah Sen. Mike Lee's proposal has united the left and right -- against him. People across the political spectrum hope Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) makes like a tree and leaves national forests — and other federally owned land — alone. Last week, the Lee-led Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee …
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Kurtis Alexander
The Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument is seen from along Bonny Doon Road in June 2021. The monument will open to the public in August. Santiago Mejia/S.F. ChronicleThe Cotoni-Coast Dairies National Monument in Santa Cruz County is seen outside Davenport.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Kurtis Alexander
Medicine Lake, seen in November 2023, sits northeast of Mount Shasta at the bottom of the caldera of the largest volcano in the Cascade Range. The lake is the centerpiece of the newly designated Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which the Trump administration says it has legal authority to abolish.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Kurtis Alexander
An employee with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife releases a radio-tagged juvenile salmon below Keno Dam on the Klamath River in an effort to better understand fish migration. The dam appears to be an obstacle for fish passage.
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RT @PPICWater: Last year, after the historic removal of four dams on the Klamath River, thousands of salmon rushed upstream. Then they hit…
Just in: Tioga Pass at Yosemite National Park (Hwy 120) will open Monday https://t.co/WKq52rQXkW
The tree die-off that has withered California forests for a decade appears to be easing. New Forest Service data shows tree mortality at a 10-year low https://t.co/ofqpq2VVOk