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California's Central Valley from space. | Stuart Rankin

A New Threat Looms over California – A Mega-flood

August 18, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Floods & Floodplains, Infrastructure
It has become clear that there’s another threat looming just over the horizon for California - a mega-flood. There is no telling exactly when the event will occur, but the research has made it clear: the storm is coming. ... Read More
Cahokia Heights, IL | Photo courtesy of Equity Legal Services.

This is Climate Change

August 1, 2022
Floods & Floodplains
Natural disasters compound existing inequalities like housing and food insecurity. We must break this cycle.... Read More
Ackerson Meadow, California | Photo by Madeleine Page

The Sierra Meadows Partnership and the Journey to 30,000 Acres

August 1, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers
The Sierra Meadows Partnership (SMP) is a regional collaborative group that works to improve the resources, support, and efficacy around meadow restoration in the Sierra Nevada. This June, the group members met for their first annual meeting in three years at Ackerson Meadow in Yosemite National Park and the... Read More
Hope Valley, CA

Five Things You Should Know About California’s Drought

August 1, 2022
Climate Change & Rivers, Water Supply
Climate change is intensifying drought across California, which puts the state in a precarious position that compromises water supplies for drinking and agriculture, increases wildfire risk, and threatens fish and wildlife... Read More

The Sierra Meadows Partnership and the Journey to 30,000 Acres

July 26, 2022
Floods & Floodplains, Restoring Damaged Rivers, Uncategorized
The Sierra Meadows Partnership (SMP) is a regional collaborative group that works to improve the resources, support, and efficacy around meadow restoration in the Sierra Nevada. This June, the group members met for their first annual meeting in three years at Ackerson Meadow in Yosemite National Park and the... Read More