Each winter, millions of waterfowl travel the Pacific Flyway, one of North America’s major bird migration routes, relying on California’s wetlands, rivers and working lands to rest and refuel along the way. The Sacramento Valley is especially important, providing critical wintering habitat for waterfowl along the Flyway. For Jeff McCreary, Director of Operations for Ducks … Continue reading “Ducks Unlimited on Why Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Works for Waterfowl, Wildlife and California”

Reclamation District 1500, led by Roger Cornwell, is putting its expertise to work to help improve spawning habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Feather River. Working with the California Department of Water Resources, RD 1500 helped implement a project that placed approximately 8,000 cubic yards of spawning gravel in the river near Oroville … Continue reading “Reclamation District 1500 Helps Restore Salmon Spawning Habitat on the Feather River”

For nearly 100 years, Nicole Montna Van Vleck’s family has grown rice in the Sacramento Valley. Over those generations, the family has also seen firsthand how working agricultural lands can provide important habitat for fish and wildlife. In a new video, Montna Van Vleck shares why that experience is one reason she supports Healthy Rivers and … Continue reading “Nicole Montna Van Vleck on Why Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Works for Farms, Communities and Wildlife”

By Paul Buttner, Manager of Environmental Affairs, California Rice Commission and Todd Manley, Director of Government Relations  Each year on September 7, California celebrates California Biodiversity Day, an opportunity to recognize the remarkable variety of plants, fish and wildlife that make our state one of the most biologically diverse places in the world. Here in … Continue reading “Biodiversity in the Sacramento Valley”