Commentary: Yosemite Fire Shows Water Resources at Risk
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
“As the record-breaking Rim Fire continues to consume power lines and structures in its path, the bigger story is its effect on water and power for San Francisco, the East Bay and hundreds of square miles of California farmland. The largest fire in Sierra Nevada history is a sobering reminder that our water resources are at risk, not only from wildfires but also from climate change and a legacy of poorly planned land management.
“Yet, as legislators in Sacramento are working on the details of a 2014 bond measure to invest in California water resources, water policy leaders seem fixated on the big engineering fixes.”
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