Posted on June 5, 2021 by Esther Chase
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“Our Dos Rios project is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in California, a leading example of green infrastructure that lowers flood risk and brings life back to the San Joaquin Valley to protect endangered species. Ten years and $40 million from eleven different…
Category: Water Literacy Tags: California, chinook salmon, confluence, floodplain, least Bell’s vireo, Pacific Flyway, public-private, restoration, riparian brush rabbit, riparian woodrat, river, river restoration, San Joaquin River, San Joaquin Valley, sandhill crane, steelhead trout, Swainson’s hawk, Tuolumne River, yellow warbler
Posted on June 5, 2021 by Esther Chase
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Until the Last Drop examines the rivers that have transformed the San Joaquin Valley, helped create California’s greatest cities and nourished a nation. On the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers we meet the men and women who grow our food; we talk to those studying what salmon really need to survive, and we hear from those who depend on thriving rivers and are working to secure water supplies for our communities and environment.
Category: Water Literacy Tags: agriculture, California, California Delta, channel catfish, chinook salmon, dam, Delta Islands, delta smelt, estuary, hatchery, largemouth bass, Merced Irrigation District, Merced River, mercury, mining, Modesto Irrigation District, non-native predators, rainbow trout, River Partners, river restoration, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, salinity, San Joaquin River, Stanislaus River, striped bass, temperature, Tuolumne River, turbidity, UCDavis, videos, water management