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…
Author: Kate Hirschfelt (page 4)
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…
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…
Water Forum Names Jessica Law as Executive Director
The Water Forum is pleased to announce the selection of Jessica Law as its new Executive Director. The Water Forum is a diverse group of local governments, environmentalists, water managers, businesses and others working together to balance the coequal goals of…
New Partnership Nurtures Young Scientists to Care for the American River
CARMICHAEL— Elana, a first grader at Elder Creek Elementary School in Sacramento, dipped the litmus paper into the river as her classmate, Jason, held a thermometer in the water. The other children watching closely along the water’s edge, the young…