Climate change uncertainty poses serious challenges to conservation efforts. One emerging
conservation strategy is to identify and conserve climate change refugia: areas relatively …

Multi-year droughts in Mediterranean climates may shift the water balance, that is, the
partitioning rule of precipitation across runoff, evapotranspiration, and sub-surface storage …

Abstract In February 2017, a 5‐day sequence of atmospheric river storms in California, USA,
resulted in extreme inflows to Lake Oroville, the state's second‐largest reservoir. Damage to …

Abstract The Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades—California's snowy mountains—are
primary freshwater sources and natural reservoirs for the states of California and Nevada …

Restoration of fire-prone forests can promote resiliency to disturbances, yet such activities
may reduce biomass stocks to levels that conflict with climate mitigation goals. Using a set of …

Snow droughts are commonly defined as below-average snowpack at a point in time,
typically 1 April in the western United States (wUS). This definition is valuable for interpreting …

The concept of snow drought is gaining widespread interest as the climate of snow-
dominated mountain watersheds continues to change. Warm snow drought is defined as …

Water management throughout the western United States largely relies on the partitioning of
cool season mountain precipitation into rain and snow, particularly snow as it maximizes …

Mountain snowpacks are transitioning to experience less snowfall and more rainfall as the
climate warms, creating more persistent low-to no-snow conditions. This precipitation shift …

Observational networks enhance real‐time situational awareness for emergency and water
resource management during extreme weather events. We present examples of how a …