Meadow restoration Archives

BLM: Nine years of partnership pays off: Fitzhugh Creek Meadow restoration achieves dramatic results

January 6, 2026

By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow,...

DWR: Reviving the Golden State’s meadows and watersheds: An essential part of California’s water security

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

September 23, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: High in the mountains, thousands of feet above where most Californians live, are alpine...

SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY: Meadow restoration in the Sierra-Cascade—keeping the momentum flowing

Sierra Nevada Conservancy

Ecosystems

November 28, 2023

By the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: There’s a lot to love about meadows in the Sierra-Cascade region and recent momentum in...

SJV WATER: Going to the source: Can meadow restoration beef up California’s water supplies and reduce flooding?

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

November 22, 2023

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water California’s 280,000 acres of mountain meadows dotting the Sierra Nevada are more than pretty rest...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California Taps Beavers to Restore Watersheds

Robin Meadows

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

May 3, 2023

Written by Robin Meadows As evidence for the wide-ranging environmental benefits of beavers has mounted, champions of these 40-to-70-pound rodents...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Melinda Booth, South Yuba River Citizens League

Maven

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

September 21, 2022

The mission of the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL – pronounced circle) is to unites the community to protect...

PACIFIC FOREST TRUST: Seeing the Forest for the Water

Maven

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems

April 20, 2022

When an ecologist, a geographer, and an engineer walk into a watershed bar, what do they talk about? Most of...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Chuck Bonham on going big in the Delta

Maven

Ecosystems Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

March 1, 2017

“Water is an issue where we need to reach farther, dig deeper, and dream dreams, particularly when it comes to...