Blog

  Recently, representatives from water management entities, conservation organizations, government agencies and others gathered at the Nimbus Hatchery to celebrate the return of fall-run Chinook salmon to the American River.  The event this year was especially significant because the returning adults were migrating out to the ocean as juveniles during the recent drought.  Hatchery practices … Continue reading “Early Returns of Chinook Salmon Celebrated on the American River”

Links: Managed Groundwater Recharge to Support Sustainable Water Management: A Sacramento Valley Perspective The State Board of Food and Agriculture today held a public forum on “Managed Groundwater Recharge to Support Sustainable Water Management.” The purpose of the forum was to identify benefits, opportunities and barriers; gather momentum; and expand the implementation of managed groundwater … Continue reading “Managed Groundwater Recharge Opportunities in the Sacramento Valley”

Links: Sites Participating Entities Federal, state and local elected officials Sites Support Letters When the California voters resoundingly passed Proposition 1 in 2014, there was strong support for chapter 8 on “Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness” (Chapter 8). This chapter would help California save water for our future. Sites Reservoir–an off-stream reservoir … Continue reading “Strong Support for Statewide Water System Improvements”

  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”