Category: Solutions
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New Salmon Successes
Photo: Carmichael’s iconic water tower is a sentinel near a newly established salmon nesting habitat near Ancil Hoffman Park. Biologists Maeghen Wedgeworth and Matt Ziemer drop markers prior to measuring underwater nests. Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – Within weeks of a $3.6 million Water Forum project completion in October, giant chinook were spawning…
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Rebate program helps HOAs become grand-scale water savers
Photo: Landscape renovations of the common area of the 49-home Mall III Lake San Marcos Homeowners Assocation included the removal of 5,000 square feet of turf. Rebates covered the entire $96,000 cost of the project. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Company of experts, partnering with San Diego County Water Authority, acts as ‘concierge’ helping…
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Believing in the Power of Beavers
Art: A beaver poster from [CDFW’s] Outdoor California publication, 1950s. (Courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife) Inspired by the science of beaver wetlands, activists tackle a long-held belief that beavers aren’t native to much of California. Last winter’s parade of atmospheric river storms raised water levels in the Bay Area’s creeks, rivers, and reservoirs. Like…
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Early support from SNC leads to critical federal funding for North Yuba
Photo: The town of Downieville is located on Highway 49 where the Downie River joins the North Yuba River. Surrounded by steep slopes with dense, overgrown forests and only one main road to enter and exit the region, the town has an extremely high risk of being negatively impacted by wildfire. Just five years ago,…
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Tribes guard the Klamath River’s fish, water and lands as restoration begins at last
Photo: Doreen Ashley (left) and Gloria Mattz (right), fish technicians at the Yurok Fisheries Program, do all they can to help the fish of the Klamath River. Joel Angel Juarez/The Republic Queen Gensaw skylarked around and between her parents, Oscar and Georgianna, at the Yurok Tribe’s boat ramp at Requa, or Rek-woi, the “mouth of…
