The Pacific Flyway is a California jewel that depends upon reliable water supplies. Birds rely upon the ricelands, wildlife refuges and other managed wetlands for their food and habitat. Meghan Hertel, Audubon California’s Working Land’s Director, has highlighted and made a plea for the important and ongoing water needs of the wildlife refuges in California’s Central Valley.

The latest chart topping movie from Disney, the live action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, is filled with more than innovative computer generated-imagery: there is a message about change and the importance of water. As the Disney Educator’s Guide states:

The California Department of Water Resources has estimated that if Sites Reservoir were online on April 7, the off-stream reservoir would have already stored an additional 904,000 acre-feet of water this year, or nearly 295 billion gallons. For context, this amount of water would completely fill Folsom Reservoir near Sacramento. Remember that last year, during … Continue reading “Why Would California and the Public Benefit from Sites Reservoir?”

The Northern California Water Association (NCWA) Board of Directors has voted to formally oppose the “No Blank Checks Initiative.” Like several other initiatives that are now circulating, the proponents have over-reached with this initiative that is now qualified for the November 2016 ballot. The initiative, if approved by the voters, would create another avenue for … Continue reading “NCWA Opposes No Blank Checks”