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August 31, 2017 | Water in the West | Insights
We had the chance to visit with two farmers, Cannon Michael of Bowles Farming Company and Brandon Morris of B&D Morris Farms, about what it is like as farmers in California and what they wish the rest of us knew about water, food, and agriculture.
August 07, 2017 | Stanford News Service | News
Leon Szeptycki, executive director of Stanford’s Water in the West program, discusses the challenges and responses to managing water in a changing climate.
July 27, 2017 | Water in the West | Insights
Researchers are exploring how decisions aimed at managing fire in forest landscapes affect water flows for people and nature.
June 05, 2017 | Water in the West | Insights
There is potential to shift the dynamic between fish and people beyond finger-pointing. Is California up to the task?
May 11, 2017 | Water in the West | News
A team of law students led by Leon Szeptycki and Brian Gray develop four case studies that look at water law during the California drought.
March 28, 2017 | Water in the West | News
Stanford’s Water in the West program ranks states in the Colorado River Basin on their use of and support for a legal tool enabling water rights holders to voluntarily transfer their water to benefit the environment.
July 05, 2016 | Water in the West | Insights
California has been in a serious drought for years and its consequences are mounting from increased fires to lower water tables. With no end in sight, Margaret Bowman is looking to water-focused impact investing as a possible way forward.
February 19, 2016 | Water in the West | Insights
We are excited to welcome three talented new postdoctoral scholars to Water in the West: Esther Conrad, Ben Bryant, and Sibyl Diver. Since arriving in September of 2015, Esther, who is also with Stanford Law School’s Gould Center for Conflict Resolution, has jumped right into two timely studies: one examining groundwater adjudications and other local groundwater management arrangements in...
April 02, 2015 | Water in the West | Insights
The snowpack in California's mountains is at the lowest level ever recorded. The long-term effects of the drought could be devastating.
Frank Gehrke, left, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, points to a mark on the snow pack measuring pole that was the lowest previous snow pack level, as Gov. Jerry Brown, center, and Mark Cowin,...
March 16, 2015 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | News
Water in the West researchers compile best practices, forward solutions to ensure enough water is available for natural systems and people. This story is part of a series about Stanford researchers developing solutions to water supply and access challenges affecting billions of people.
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