The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District’s Lakso Recharge Basin in San Joaquin County helps facilitate year-round groundwater recharge and doubles as a habitat for various waterfowl. The 80-acre project was funded by DWR’s Flood Diversion and Recharge Enhancement Initiative to proactively prepare for future storm events and drought by dive ...
Tucked within the UC Davis campus, a quiet but critically important effort is helping preserve the Longfin Smelt, a vulnerable fish species native to the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. Scientists with DWR and UC Davis are collaborating to better understand and conserve this declining species through immediate conservation actions and long-term resea ...
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The San Joaquin Valley is at a turning point, where long-standing complex and interconnected water management challenges are intensifying with climate change and creating mounting pressures for communities, agriculture, and ecosystems. To confront these growing pressures, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has developed A Vision for the San Jo ...