A year after the events of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, State Geologist Jeremy Lancaster joined California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot on a visit to the Eaton Fire burn scar. The California Geological Survey (CGS) has monitored the area for the past year, working to understand how much rain might trigger a debris flow in the area as vegetation continues to grow back. In this video taken on the day of their visit, Jeremy Lancaster and Secretary Crowfoot discuss these monitoring measures and how they help to keep local communities safe.
In December, CalGEM began work to permanently plug and seal an oil and gas well on Firmin Street in Los Angeles. The well, located in the backyard of two residences and surrounded by homes, became a focus for CalGEM to mitigate public health and safety risks after the operator failed to comply with an order to plug and seal the well themselves. CalGEM worked with the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department, and other local government and community groups to proceed with work, which finished earlier this month.
Many of Conservation’s grant partnerships support tribal nations – in fact, over $43 million in funding have helped to uplift work from our tribal partners in the past three years in order to protect land, culture, and community. Learn more about these partnerships here.
Did you know? Small earthquakes occur every day in California, and the California Geological Survey (CGS) tracks them all on a weekly online dashboard. View the dashboard here, and don't forget to download the MyShake app so you can be notified when an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or higher occurs in your area.
Earlier this month, the city of Coachella completed their first of 75 residential solar panel installations as part of the Coachella Prospera Initiative. The City is using grant funding from the Strategic Growth Council (SGC)’s Transformative Climate Communities Program, which Conservation administers on SGC's behalf, to provide local homes with solar energy at no cost to income-qualified households in the area, with the goal of reducing energy costs and increasing community climate resilience. Read the Article
Last week, CalGEM launched new updates to Well Finder, an online dashboard used to map and track active, idle, and sealed oil and gas wells across the state. The new update features added map layers, sharing features, tutorials, and more.
