David Guy, Northern California Water Association (NCWA) Mary-Ann Warmerdam, Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) As we have crossed the first major milestone under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA) have emerged and are organized across the entire Sacramento Valley floor. This includes collaboration among ten counties, nearly 100 special … Continue reading “The State of Sacramento Valley Groundwater”

  By Jacob Katz, PhD., Senior Scientist, CalTrout It was great to be on the banks of Butte Creek last week celebrating the success of a collaborative effort to create a working landscape for fish, birds and people. There are many lessons to draw from the success of Butte Creek restoration efforts; the galvanizing power … Continue reading “Secrets of Salmon Success: How lessons learned on Butte Creek can help recover fish in the Sacramento Valley”

Today, partners in a two decade-old effort to benefit spring-run Chinook salmon gathered on the banks of Butte Creek to celebrate the program’s enduring success.  Headlining the event this morning was Bruce Babbitt, who was Department of Interior Secretary in the late 1990s and participated in a similar ceremony twenty years ago to initiate the … Continue reading “Celebrating the Recovery of Spring-run Salmon on Butte Creek”

  The Northern California Water Association (NCWA) welcomes and appreciates the California Natural Resources Agency issuing its Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy (Strategy). The Strategy shows a strong state commitment to join the various regional and local partners—including water suppliers, landowners, conservation and fishing organizations–who are aggressively working on various projects and modern flows that are … Continue reading “State Commits to Salmon Recovery in the Sacramento Valley”