How are fish stocks doing these days?

[yabob]

perhaps the biggest part of the problem is that the extra trees suck up a lot of water that would normally run off. From that article:

The new trees’ canopies collectively intercept 20 to 30 percent of snow and rain that can no longer seep into the ground, and each additional tree’s roots suck 18 gallons of moisture up out of the ground before runoff can feed thirsty creeks.

That adds up. Helen Poulos, a fire ecologist at Wesleyan University, and I have estimated, conservatively, that excess trees in the 7.5 million acres of Sierra Nevada conifer forest are responsible for the loss of more than 15 billion gallons per day, or 17 million acre-feet of water per year. That’s more than enough water to meet the needs of every Californian for a year.