Links in this blog: Water Deeply Modern Flows for the Sacramento Valley Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director and Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall recently wrote a compelling op-ed in Water Deeply that “Floodplains Adjacent to the Sacramento River Should Be Nature’s Pantry.”  Mr. Hall’s thesis is that “it is vitally important that we … Continue reading “Floodplains as Nature’s Pantry”

By Todd Manley Last week, water management entities, conservation organizations and state and federal fishery agencies came together on the Sacramento River at the City of Sacramento’s fish screen and diversion facility to celebrate the work that was conducted to promote salmon recovery in the Sacramento Valley during the past year as part of the … Continue reading “Celebrating Salmon Improvements in the Sacramento Valley”

A recent viewpoint in the Sacramento Bee highlights the modern and innovative thinking that is underway in the Sacramento Valley to manage water for multiple beneficial uses. In “Here’s how rice farmers prevent flooding and help wildlife,” the authors discuss how a “multi-benefit approach to flood and water management is at the core of the … Continue reading “Multi-benefit Approaches for Water in the 21st Century”

By Charleen Beard, Associate Engineer, Shasta County The Redding Area Groundwater Basin underlies south central Shasta County. It is a healthy basin with minimal water elevation changes over the past fourteen years as you can see from the four locations shown on the graph below. Surface water supplies were curtailed during the recent drought and … Continue reading “Shasta County – Sustainable Groundwater Management”