BY JESSICA LAWSPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE When the Water Forum Agreement was signed over 20 years ago, the occasion marked an unprecedented show of regional cooperation and an end to the water wars that had plagued the Sacramento region for decades.…
By Jessica Law The Water Forum has been working closely with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to coordinate a response to drought conditions and reduce impacts to regional water supplies and the health of the Lower American River. We recently…
BY RALPH PROPPER AND TOM GRAYSPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE JULY 31, 2021 06:00 AM, California is in the grip of another extreme drought. The consequences can be seen all over the Sacramento region and, unfortunately, the worst is yet to…
Dear Colleagues. This is the first in a periodic series of blog posts that discusses the work of the Water Forum and its members to balance the coequal objectives of water supply reliability and environmental stewardship on the Lower American…
Sacramento, Calif. – The following statement was issued today by Jessica Law, Executive Director of the Water Forum, and Sean Bigley, Board Chair of the Regional Water Authority, in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order expanding the emergency to nine additional counties, and asking the…
“Summer Presents the Greatest Opportunity to Make a Difference” SACRAMENTO—Sacramento-area leaders across the region’s major municipalities—including the Cities of Sacramento, Roseville and Folsom and the County of Sacramento—are urging the public to increase their conservation efforts as severe drought conditions…
SACRAMENTO—The Water Forum is pleased to announce the selection of Erica Bishop as its new Program Manager. Erica brings 19 years of experience in water and environmental resource management, policy development and project implementation. Before coming to the Water Forum,…
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…
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…
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…
