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              Communities
            
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              Birds
            
          NCWA and water leaders in Northern California look forward to working with our many partners to further develop and implement a water portfolio to meet the needs of California’s communities, economy, and environment.
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    The Sacramento Valley is fertile ground for developing a new path forward for holistic water management that incorporates best available science and practical know-how of farm and refuge managers to reactivate our floodplains.
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        Please listen to these personal stories you have not heard before about the Sacramento Valley.
Download Podcast »Listen to "Through a Cloud of Dust" podcast here. Innovators are lauded for their vision and ability to see the future. But in 1930's Nebraska, vision was a tricky subject. Some days, Albert Lundberg could barely make out an object three feet in front of his face...
Read More »Listen to "The Designer with a New Plot in Life". Ralph Gorrill was one of those astute types, he could see a problem and know the answer would be found at the tip of his drafting pencil...
Read More »Listen to "A Winter Farmer" Podcast Here. It is the dead of winter but the rice fields outside of Knights Landing are full of life. Traditionally, this is the slowest time of the year for the farmer as his crops have been invested and he typically would...
Read More » Sharing Butte Creek: A Major Sacramento Valley Success
          Sharing Butte Creek: A Major Sacramento Valley Success
        
		 Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program
          Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program
        
		 The New Way Forward: Wetlands
          The New Way Forward: Wetlands
        
       SAVING THE SALMON: Growing Fish Food on Farm Fields
          SAVING THE SALMON: Growing Fish Food on Farm Fields
        
      Like a human fingerprint, California's Sacramento Valley is truly unique. On the leading edge of ecological and economical sustainability, it's also an exceptional place to live, work and raise a family. The Sacramento Valley joins together a world- renowned mosaic of natural abundance: productive farmlands, wildlife refuges and managed wetlands, cities and rural communities, and mandering rivers that support and feed fisheries and natural habitats. Through efficient management of the region's water resources, the Sacramento Valley will continue to provide what's essential to California's future success and prosperity. Nourishment and sustenance from fields, habitats for fish and wildlife, recreation and a special quality of life - the Sacramento Valley is home to all of this, and more.
 
                 
                 
	 For more information on different aspects of water management in the Sacramento Valley, please click on the following infographics.
View All Downloads » Accounting for Every Drop
              Accounting for Every Drop
            
           Restoring the Salmon Runs
              Restoring the Salmon Runs
            
           Pacific Flyway Habitat
              Pacific Flyway Habitat
            
           Re-managing the Flow
              Re-managing the Flow
            
          