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ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

August 26, 2020

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The Governor's Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to protect and enhance natural environments to prepare for the impacts of... Read More...

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands

Maven

March 21, 2018

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Sierra National Forest (Photo by Steve Haze, Sierra Resource Conservation District) Webinar looks at what is being done to reduce impacts the impacts of wildfires on water quality and ecosystem health Water ... Read More...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 3: Moving the Delta and the tributaries towards a sustainable future

Maven

February 22, 2018

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The Sierra Nevada plays a critical role in California’s water supply: Snowpack in the mountain provides a natural form of water storage, and the forests and meadows play a role in ensuring water quality and re... Read More...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

Maven

February 21, 2018

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In the fall of every year, an incredible phenomenon takes place in the Central Valley: the fall salmon run. Adult salmon travel many miles from the Pacific Ocean upstream to their spawning grounds, returning t... Read More...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 1: How the health of the headwaters affects California’s water system

Maven

February 20, 2018

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The Mountain Counties Area spans over 15,700 square miles, encompassing most of the Sierra Nevada. Much of the state’s precipitation falls here in the winter as snow, slowly and steadily melting in the spring... Read More...

Headwaters Health: Obstacles and opportunities to advance forest management

Maven

July 19, 2016

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Panel at ACWA's Spring Conference discusses forest restoration, biomass power plants, wildfires, and other upper watershed management issues Experts agree there is an urgent need to accelerate the pace and sca... Read More...

Managing our headwaters: What are the challenges and recommendations?

Maven

July 8, 2015

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A panel at the ACWA conference discusses the importance of healthy forests to water supply reliability California’s mountain watersheds are the source of most of the state’s developed water supply, but today’s... Read More...

Managing Forest Health for Water Resources

Maven

May 13, 2015

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Successful forest management plans and a study that found that forest thinning can increase runoff by 20% demonstrate the benefits of upper watershed management The Western Governors Association (WGA), establi... Read More...

As Drought Deepens, Groups Call for Heightened Focus on Healthy Headwaters

Maven

March 20, 2015

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From the Association of California Water Agencies, The Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy: Cookhouse Meadow in the Sierra Nevada; Photo courtesy DWR As the drought tightens its... Read More...

Amid Drought’s Grip, ACWA Releases Policy Framework to Improve Resiliency and Management of Headwaters

Maven

March 20, 2015

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Cookhouse Meadow, restored; Photo courtesy DWR From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA): As the state looks to preserve every drop of water amid record drought, the Association of Californi... Read More...

Wildfire and droughts in Sierra Nevada forests

Maven

September 10, 2014

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With much of the state's water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health of the forests are paramount to California's water supply. In this presentation, Wild... Read More...

The importance of upper watershed management to California’s water supply

Maven

August 27, 2014

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Click for more from the California Water Commission. With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and management of the upper wat... Read More...

Drought: An insidious stress on wildlife

Maven

August 20, 2014

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The University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) has developed a series of webinars titled Insights: Water and Drought which feature timely, relevant expertise on water and drought from ... Read More...

John Kingsbury: Protecting watersheds first step in water policy

Maven

July 14, 2014

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The south fork of the American River at Greenwood Creek This commentary is written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association: Pyramid Peak at Echo Su... Read More...

The Delta Stewardship Council hears an update on the Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program (CSAMP)

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 3: Moving the Delta and the tributaries towards a sustainable future

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 1: How the health of the headwaters affects California’s water system

Headwaters Health: Obstacles and opportunities to advance forest management

Managing our headwaters: What are the challenges and recommendations?

Managing Forest Health for Water Resources

As Drought Deepens, Groups Call for Heightened Focus on Healthy Headwaters

Amid Drought’s Grip, ACWA Releases Policy Framework to Improve Resiliency and Management of Headwaters

Wildfire and droughts in Sierra Nevada forests

The importance of upper watershed management to California’s water supply

Drought: An insidious stress on wildlife

John Kingsbury: Protecting watersheds first step in water policy

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