NEWS RELEASE: Public Invited to Learn About a New Salmon Habitat Restoration Project at Ancil Hoffman

SACRAMENT0—The public is invited to learn about a new project designed to restore crucial habitat for native salmon and steelhead trout in the river at Ancil Hoffman, near Effie Yeaw Nature Center, in Carmichael. Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate to the…

Media Statement: Declaration Underscores Region’s Drought Concerns, Actions to Protect the Lower American River

Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was released today by Jessica Law, Executive Director of the Water Forum, and Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proclamation of a Drought State of Emergency, expanding the emergency to…
American river near Sacramento

Media Statement: Sacramento Region Ready to Address Grim Forecast

Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was released today by Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, and Jessica Law, Executive Director of the Water Forum, in response to announcements by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources about very…

Three-Story Tall Mural Mark’s the Water Forum’s 20th Anniversary, Celebrates the Lower American River

On a cold, cloudy December day, high above the Sacramento County Administration Building plaza in downtown Sacramento, two men begin the process of installing a new three-story-tall work of art. Commissioned by the Sacramento Water Forum for its 20th Anniversary, the artwork…