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Dos Rios Ranch Floodplain Restoration

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Esther Chase

“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

About the Santa Clara River

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Esther Chase

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“The Santa Clara River is 83 miles long, and is one of the most dynamic river systems in Southern California.” “The river drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard…

Category: Water Literacy Tags: agriculture, California, Chumash people, floodplain, Oxnard, Pacific Ocean, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Clara River, Tataviam people, Ventura County, watershed