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Reactivating Our Floodplains — A New Way Forward for California
The Sacramento Valley is fertile ground for developing a new path forward for holistic water management that incorporates best available science and practical know-how of farm and refuge managers to reactivate our floodplains.
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Please listen to these personal stories you have not heard before about the Sacramento Valley.
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Through a Cloud of Dust
Listen to "Through a Cloud of Dust" podcast here. Innovators are lauded for their vision and ability to see the future. But in 1930's Nebraska, vision was a tricky subject. Some days, Albert Lundberg could barely make out an object three feet in front of his face...
Read More »The Designer with a New Plot in Life
Listen to "The Designer with a New Plot in Life". Ralph Gorrill was one of those astute types, he could see a problem and know the answer would be found at the tip of his drafting pencil...
Read More »Winter Farming At River Garden Farms
Listen to "A Winter Farmer" Podcast Here. It is the dead of winter but the rice fields outside of Knights Landing are full of life. Traditionally, this is the slowest time of the year for the farmer as his crops have been invested and he typically would...
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California's Sacramento Valley is Truly Unique.
Like a human fingerprint, California's Sacramento Valley is truly unique. On the leading edge of ecological and economical sustainability, it's also an exceptional place to live, work and raise a family. The Sacramento Valley joins together a world- renowned mosaic of natural abundance: productive farmlands, wildlife refuges and managed wetlands, cities and rural communities, and mandering rivers that support and feed fisheries and natural habitats. Through efficient management of the region's water resources, the Sacramento Valley will continue to provide what's essential to California's future success and prosperity. Nourishment and sustenance from fields, habitats for fish and wildlife, recreation and a special quality of life - the Sacramento Valley is home to all of this, and more.
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