Conservation

Working collaboratively the Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have reviewed options to improve fish passage and increase floodplain fisheries-rearing habitat in the Yolo Bypass, near Sacramento. The project’s aim is to benefit Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley …

A multi-benefit project, funded by, the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Urban Streams Restoration Program, has fostered a collaborative effort to provide improvements to the community of Oakland and local fish habitats. An event in mid-May celebrated the completion of the Upper Sausal Creek Erosion Control Restoration Project which was …

A water-efficient demonstration garden – or pocket park – has earned the city of San Clemente the 8th Annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. Each April, cities across the nation compete in the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. This noteworthy, month-long competition encourages people from coast-to-coast …

A $2.01 million award from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will fund the expansion of Fresno-based Netafim’s closed-loop recycling operation to collect, shred, wash, and pelletize an additional 9,612 tons per year of used irrigation tubing at the end of the material’s useful life. The grant …

The on-going issues of climate change, frequent droughts, groundwater depletion, land subsidence, rising costs for imported water, water conservation and water contamination are topics which are heard on virtually a daily basis and impact the lives of all Californians. Whereas adults are becoming accustomed to these issues now becoming a …

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has received $8.5 million in funding from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (SSJDC) inn order to expand its efforts in eradicating nutria, the agricultural pest known for destroying critical wetlands needed by native wildlife. The grant funding is for use over a …