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NCWA PRIORITIES: A WATER PORTFOLIO FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN
NCWA and water leaders in Northern California look forward to working with our many partners to further develop and implement a water portfolio to meet the needs of California’s communities, economy, and environment.
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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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Storytelling
From ridgetop to river mouth, the Sacramento Valley is home to communities—small towns and growing cities—where people are working together to build a healthy and resilient watershed. These stories highlight the people, places, and partnerships sustaining vibrant communities, supporting local economies, and caring for the land, rivers, and wildlife we all depend on.
Stories of the Sacramento Valley
Meet the people behind the work—landowners, conservationists, and water managers—whose connection to water is helping strengthen communities and landscapes throughout the Sacramento Valley.
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Explore our media library of videos, infographics, and photography that illustrate how water is managed to support communities, wildlife, recreation, and a healthy Northern California and beyond.
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Our podcast shares voices and experiences from across the region—conversations that shine a light on the people and ideas shaping how we manage water for communities, the environment, and the future.
Learn MoreCalifornia'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 meandering 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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