By Todd Manley With the driest year in memory, the water resources managers and landowners in the Sacramento Valley are working hard to serve multiple benefits throughout the region with limited water supplies. This has required all hands-on deck and creative management within the region as all surface water supplies have been significantly reduced, with … Continue reading “Managing for Fish and Wildlife During a Dry Year in the Sacramento Valley”

By David Guy California’s water resources managers are proactively working with our various partners through the harshest dry year we have seen in recent memory. I have the pleasure to work with the leaders in the Sacramento River Basin, who are cultivating a shared vision for a vibrant way of life by working hard to … Continue reading “Drought Proclamation and Infrastructure Plan Bring Focus to Managing Water in a Dry Year”

By Jon Munger In our latest effort to ensure that our water management and farming practices both protect and enhance environmental benefits in our area, Garden Highway Mutual Water Company (Garden Highway) recently completed a project to screen its diversion on the Feather River. This project allows us to protect Chinook salmon and other fish … Continue reading “Garden Highway Mutual Water Company Completes Fish Screen Project”

By Kylie Fryar With the dry year facing California, there is increased awareness about water quality issues and particularly harmful algal blooms. The Natural Resources Agency in its Report To The Legislature on The 2012–2016 Drought provided that “the drought’s most visible water quality impact was harmful algal blooms (HABs), which were reported more frequently during the … Continue reading “Watching for Harmful Algal Blooms in a Dry Year”