If you have traveled I-5 between Woodland and the Sacramento River or I-80 between West Sacramento and Davis in the last week, you have witnessed something not seen in over a decade: an “inland sea” of water where seasonal wetlands and riparian vegetation usually dominate the winter landscape. As this California Office of Emergency Services … Continue reading “Flood Control Weir’d”

On January 2, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, the Bureau of Reclamation, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, California Department of Water Resources, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife completed the Cypress Avenue Bridge North – Side Channel Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Project in Redding.  This project, which created rearing habitat to benefit fish including the endangered … Continue reading “Partners Ring in the New Year with the Completion of a New Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Project”