Today, partners in a two decade-old effort to benefit spring-run Chinook salmon gathered on the banks of Butte Creek to celebrate the program’s enduring success.  Headlining the event this morning was Bruce Babbitt, who was Department of Interior Secretary in the late 1990s and participated in a similar ceremony twenty years ago to initiate the … Continue reading “Celebrating the Recovery of Spring-run Salmon on Butte Creek”

  The Northern California Water Association (NCWA) welcomes and appreciates the California Natural Resources Agency issuing its Sacramento Valley Salmon Resiliency Strategy (Strategy). The Strategy shows a strong state commitment to join the various regional and local partners—including water suppliers, landowners, conservation and fishing organizations–who are aggressively working on various projects and modern flows that are … Continue reading “State Commits to Salmon Recovery in the Sacramento Valley”

  As the calendar turns from May to June, entities in high and medium groundwater basins throughout the state are finalizing efforts to organize and form Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA) ahead of the June 30 deadline.  Sustainable groundwater management means the management and use of groundwater in a manner that can be maintained without causing … Continue reading “Improving Water Quality – Working Toward Sustainability”

A recent report by CalTrout and U.C. Davis–SOS II: Fish in Hot Water—describes the status of California’s salmon and other species and then offers important and practical “return to resilience” strategies. Although the report at first blush appears to be very pessimistic, a closer read reveals a more optimistic view that “most of these fishes … Continue reading “The Time to Act is Now! Salmon Recovery Actions in the Sacramento Valley”