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Posted on April 24, 2021 by Esther Chase
Volunteers teamed up to make progress on a native plant interpretive trail along the Santa Clara River.
Category: Water Literacy Tags: arundo donax, California, California State Coastal Conservancy, Chumash people, coastal, Fillmore Hatchery, flowers, Friends of the Santa Clara River, memories of green, native species, rainbow trout, river, sand, Santa Clara Conservancy, Santa Clara River, seashells, Sierra Club, snaps, Tataviam people, Topatopa Mountains, University of California Santa Barbara, Ventura County, Volunteering, watershed
Posted on September 25, 2020 by Esther Chase
“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…
Posted on September 13, 2020 by Esther Chase
State Revolving Funds (SRFs) provide critical support for a variety of water and wastewater projects, including drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities and stormwater pollution management. NRDC | Image: Canva Benefits: “SRFs involve federal, state, and local partnerships, thereby helping to support local economies….
Category: Water Literacy Tags: climate, CWSRF, delivery, drinking water, DWSRF, federal, government, green infrastructure, green rooftop, jobs, loans, local, municipal, nonpoint source, NRDC, pollution, source, state, stormwater, transmission, treatment plant, wastewater, watershed
Posted on September 6, 2020 by Esther Chase
Watershed Watch is a statewide citizens monitoring effort to improve and protect water quality by raising community awareness, and by supporting implementation of the goals of the Clean Water Act and other water quality initiatives.
Category: Water Literacy Tags: clean water act, Kentucky, monitoring, volunteers, watershed
Posted on September 3, 2020 by Esther Chase
A watershed is a land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers, eventually outflowing to reservoirs, bays, and the ocean.
Category: Water Literacy Tags: NOAA, vocabulary, watershed