Category: Solutions
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A meadow in the Tahoe National Forest was drying up with sagebrush. Now it’s a lush wetland.
Sardine Meadow is a key link in conservation efforts for the Sierra Nevada, north of Truckee. Robb Hirsch/Robb Hirsch / Courtesy of Trust for Public Land Sardine Meadow is now public land A key piece in the Sierra Nevada, north of Truckee, has flipped from private to public land. On Tuesday, the Trust for Public Land announced…
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Growing Food Instead of Grass Lawns in California Front Yards
Photo: Morgan Boone, a volunteer with Crop Swap LA, harvested lettuce at the La Salle microfarm in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass. On a corner lot in…
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Developing state water roadmaps is essential
New turnout facility from the California Aqueduct on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Officials say the project will help the region prepare for the effects of climate change. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.) Energy, water, and food are the top three threats to humanity, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley of Rice University…
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Yuba River cleanup event removes estimated 10,000 pounds of trash
NEVADA COUNTY — The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) held its 27th annual cleanup event to pull trash from the Yuba Watershed, and they’re calling it a huge success. The event takes place traditionally once the summer swimming season wraps up. This year, an estimated 10,000 pounds of trash were removed from the river.…
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Beaver restoration program brings furry species back to habitats, tribal land across California
One of the three beaver kits swims in its new home in Maidu waters in Plumas County, California on Oct. 18, 2023. This beaver now resides in Tásmam Koyóm, a Plumas County tribal community, as a part of California’s beaver restoration efforts. TRAVIS VANZANT California Department of Fish and Wildlife California has strengthened a new…
