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”

Remarks by Jeff McCreary, Ducks Unlimited Western Region November 3, 2023 at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area It was just a short time ago it seems when many of us were right here celebrating the kick off of this incredible project.  Now we are back here celebrating its completion. Why, might you ask, are we having … Continue reading “Guest Commentary: Celebrating the Completion of the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Water Supply Improvement Project”

Giving the Lower Sacramento River New Life as a Haven for Recovering Wildlife, Flood Safety By Alex Karolyi, River Partners This article was published by River Partners.   Critical salmon habitat and flood safety along one of the most habitat-poor stretches of the Sacramento River are getting a boost from recent state and federal funding. The California … Continue reading “Guest Commentary: Turning Point Preserve Launched”