healthy watersheds
Most of California’s water supply originates in our forested watersheds, supplying the water used by tens of millions of people, supporting globally significant agriculture, generating significant energy through hydropower, and sustaining diverse fish and wildlife. Wildfire directly impacts watersheds, and conversely healthy watersheds play a key role in mitigating catastrophic wildfires. The Watershed Work Group is promoting the alignment and coordination of fire resiliency and watershed health programs and plans that share similar priorities.
UPDATES
resources
PROGRAMS
CA Natural Resources Agency: Regional Water Resilience Initiative
CA Department of Water Resources: Water Resilience Program
PLANS/STRATEGIES
California Water Plan Update 2023
California Water Supply Strategy August 2022
U.S. Forest Service: Confronting the Wildfire Crisis
Regional Water Security Profiles
Work Group: Healthy Watersheds
Partnering Organizations
Work Group leads
Association of CA Water Agencies – Dave Eggerton
CA Department of Conservation – Keali’i Bright
CA Natural Resources Agency – Nancy Vogel
CA State Association of Counties – Catherine Freeman
CAL FIRE – Drew Coe
Indigenous Stewardship Network – Don Hankins
Earth Advocacy – Kim Delfino
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Jonathan Birdsong
Rural County Representatives of CA – Staci Heaton
Sierra Nevada Conservancy – Sarah Campe
CA Waterboards – Clint Snyder, Phillip Crader
UC Merced – Roger Bales
Jerry Bird – U.S. Forest Service, Region 5
Kamyar Guivetchi – CA Dept of Water Resources
Eric Tsai – CA Dept of Water Resources