Food for thought as we watch the developments on the Feather River.
The contrast is a statement about California and our climate: there is a limit to our ability to consistently managed the rivers of a state that was forged on extremes of drought and flood. Sealing our canyons with concrete plugs leaves us with permanent damage to fisheries, forests, and habitat with very little benefit in return.
It is another sign that it is time for us to rethink our relationship with rivers, in California if not across the West.
