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By Fritz Durst and Valerie Pryor, Chairs of the Board and Reservoir Committee Earlier this month, the Sites Project Authority celebrated the approval of the project and certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIR) for the Sites Reservoir Project, a multi-benefit, off-stream water storage facility, located north of Sacramento … Continue reading “A Milestone for Sites Reservoir Project”

By Rob McAllister We invite you to join us in exploring the Sacramento River Basin in a new and immersive way with our 360-video, Soaring Over the Floodplains. The 360-degree experience is narrated by California Natural Resources Secretary, Wade Crowfoot and features: Jeff McCreary of Ducks Unlimited, Jacob Montgomery of California Trout and Kim Gallagher, a … Continue reading “A Narrated 360 Degree View of the Floodplains in the Sacramento River Basin”

By Katie Cahill, California Rice Commission Watch Ricelands: Cultivating California’s Environmental Crop An R. Michael Strategies production Planted rice fields in the Sacramento Valley truly benefit many, from farming communities, to helping the Pacific Flyway flourish, to being studied by scientists to boost the salmon population for the future. Ricelands: Cultivating California’s Environmental Crop details the history of the Sacramento … Continue reading “Ricelands: Cultivating California’s Environmental Crop”

By Willie Whittlesey, Yuba Water Agency General Manager The Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project shows how creative public-private partnerships can advance habitat restoration work in the Yuba River and beyond Earlier this week, Yuba Water Agency and our partners celebrated the completion of a 157-acre multi-benefit habitat restoration project on the lower Yuba … Continue reading “Celebrating large-scale habitat restoration on the lower Yuba River and creative partnerships”