Jeffrey Mount

senior fellow at Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center; professor emeritus, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis

Guest

Professor of Geology at the University of California at Davis, he serves on the Delta Independent Science Board; former member of the state Reclamation Board (now called the Central Valley Flood Protection Board) Senior fellow at  Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center.

Jeffrey Mount on KCRW

After months of heavy storms, California’s mountains now have some of the largest snowpacks on record. But how fast could the snow melt and produce flooding?

Too much of a good thing? Prolific storms could spell flooding this spring

After months of heavy storms, California’s mountains now have some of the largest snowpacks on record. But how fast could the snow melt and produce flooding?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

There’s been so much flooding that Tulare Lake has re-emerged. It was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, and was mostly dry for more than a century.

Battery of storms resurrect CA’s ‘phantom lake’ in Tulare

There’s been so much flooding that Tulare Lake has re-emerged. It was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, and was mostly dry for more than a century.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Oroville isn’t the only dam with faulty spillways. California has about 1400 dams, and many of them have structural problems.

Rethinking how dams are designed and built in California

Oroville isn’t the only dam with faulty spillways. California has about 1400 dams, and many of them have structural problems.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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