| Blog Update: CGS Geologists Assess Fire Burn Areas for Landslide Potential | | Blog Update: CGS Geologists Assess Fire Burn Areas for Landslide Potential | Wildfires are a disaster that can spawn yet another disaster: debris flows. CGS scientists continue to deploy as part of a CAL FIRE-led cross agency team – Watershed Emergency Response Teams (WERTs) – studying the damage of wildfires and determining the risk of debris flow. | https://calconservation.blog/2020/09/01/cgs-geologists-assess-multiple-fire-burn-areas-for-landslide-potential/, https://calconservation.blog/2020/09/01/cgs-geologists-assess-multiple-fire-burn-areas-for-landslide-potential/ | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=143 | 2020-09-17T23:00:00Z | | |
| California Geological Survey Issues New Tsunami Maps for Humboldt County | | California Geological Survey Issues New Tsunami Maps for Humboldt County | CGS today released two tsunami hazard maps for Humboldt County. One shows potential tsunami inundation – how far inland a surge of seawater might go in a worst-case scenario event. The other map shows where evacuees from a pending tsunami should go to ensure their safety. | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/index/Pages/News/CGS-Issues-New-Tsunami-Maps-for-Humboldt-County.aspx, https://www.conservation.ca.gov/index/Pages/News/CGS-Issues-New-Tsunami-Maps-for-Humboldt-County.aspx | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=142 | 2020-08-13T15:40:00Z | | |
| Funding Available to Hire Local Watershed Coordinators | | Funding Available to Hire Local Watershed Coordinators | This week in our Notes from the Field blog, we announce a funding opportunity that allows local entities to hire watershed coordinators. The purpose of this role is to develop plans and projects to improve watershed health, and to achieve state and local natural resources goals. | https://calconservation.blog/2020/07/06/funding-available-to-hire-local-watershed-coordinators/, https://calconservation.blog/2020/07/06/funding-available-to-hire-local-watershed-coordinators/ | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=141 | 2020-07-06T21:00:00Z | | |
| CalGEM Public Health Rulemaking Moves into Comment Review | | CalGEM Public Health Rulemaking Moves into Comment Review | Outreach that began with regional meetings and moved digitally after the COVID-19 pandemic concludes with input gathered in person, by email, instant poll, survey. All comments will be reviewed and considered as we move toward a discussion draft of rulemaking. | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/publichealth, https://www.conservation.ca.gov/publichealth | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=140 | 2020-06-15T17:00:00Z | | |
| Protecting Our Food Supply Through a Pandemic [webinar recap] | | Protecting Our Food Supply Through a Pandemic [webinar recap] | In our blog this week, DLRP Director Keai'i Bright weighs in on the policy discussion around supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. The pandemic has highlighted the essential role of local farmers in ensuring a reliable and healthy food supply for California and the country. | https://calconservation.blog/2020/06/12/protecting-californias-food-supply-through-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-webinar-recap/, https://calconservation.blog/2020/06/12/protecting-californias-food-supply-through-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-webinar-recap/ | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=139 | 2020-06-12T19:00:00Z | | |
| CGS Shares Expertise During Nevada’s Largest Temblor in 65 Years | | CGS Shares Expertise During Nevada’s Largest Temblor in 65 Years | The largest earthquake in Nevada in 65 years drew the attention at the California Geological Survey – not because it caused significant damage – but because it helps paints a clearer picture of what’s going on under the Earth’s surface in our state. | https://calconservation.blog/2020/06/03/california-geological-survey-shares-expertise-during-nevadas-largest-temblor-in-65-years/, https://calconservation.blog/2020/06/03/california-geological-survey-shares-expertise-during-nevadas-largest-temblor-in-65-years/ | https://www.conservation.ca.gov/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=138 | 2020-06-03T19:30:00Z | | |
