Author: Kate Hirschfelt

The Water Forum this month is pleased to announce the arrival of our newest CivicSpark Fellow, Liana Huang. CivicSpark is a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for nonprofits and local governments to address emerging environmental and social equity challenges. The Water…

Water Forum teams are in the final clean-up stages at the Water Forum’s Habitat Project at Nimbus Basin, signaling the successful on-time completion of the Water Forum’s 2022 Habitat Projects at the Basin and Lower Sailor Bar. Since August 1,…

By Ashlee Casey September 30th will mark the end of the current water year, and it was a wild ride! It all started with a roar on October 24, 2021, when Sacramento saw its wettest single day ever, recording 5.44 inches…

The Water Forum this week launched the second phase of its 2022 Habitat Projects on the Lower American River. Crews began work enhancing spawning and rearing areas in the Nimbus Basin, near the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. Over the coming…

Water Forum members on July 28, 2022, confirmed the Business Strategy (2022-2030) that describes priorities and provides an overall guide for the organization’s operations for the next eight years. The strategy discusses how the Water Forum will implement core programs for habitat…

Here at the Water Forum, we are deeply saddened by the recent news that Jonas Minton has passed away. Our first full-time executive director, Jonas was a vital guiding hand in our work and left a huge imprint on many…

Insights from Water Forum Alum Sarah Foley In 2018 the California Legislature passed new efficiency standards aimed at reducing water consumption in the urban sector. The new law (passed as SB 606/AB 1668) came in response to the state’s difficult…