Partners
The
Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration
(CEMAR) is a nonprofit environmental research company that has been working with the University of California Cooperative Extension, Sonoma County Salmon Coalition, and Trout Unlimited to provide technical guidance to stakeholder groups regarding water management to minimize impacts to spring and summer flows.
The
Sotoyome Resource Conservation District and
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
(RCDs) are local public agencies operating since the 1940s to assist landowners with soil and water conservation. The RCDs have been regional leaders in developing watershed management plans and engaging stakeholders and landowners in land management practices to promote resource conservation. They are accountable to boards of directors comprised of landowners in their districts, and have a legacy of maintaining positive, long-term relationships with landowners. Together, their districts comprise the entire lower two-thirds of the Russian River watershed. The RCDs will be providing the primary outreach mechanisms for this grant. Sotoyome RCD will also provide overall project coordination and contract administration for the grant.
The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center's (OAEC)
Watershed Advocacy, Training, Education, & Research (WATER) Institute
was created to catalyze local and regional water policy and sustainable water management practices based on the principles of conservation hydrology. For over a decade, the Institute has been active in the Russian River watershed. During this time, landowner participation in the WATER Institute's Basins of Relations Training program has played a direct role in facilitating efforts of the existing community-based watershed groups in Dutch Bill, Green Valley and Mark West watersheds.
Trout Unlimited
(TU) has been working on water rights reform and streamflow matters in California for 20 years. TU has been working with stakeholders and regulatory agencies to develop a streamflow policy for water rights on the North Coast, and TU's Water and Wine program -- which focuses on promoting water management practices beneficial to farmers and anadromous salmonids -- has generated widespread interest among grape growers throughout the area. TU and CEMAR are working with a State Coastal Conservancy grant to develop pilot projects to optimize water diversions and streamflow in 4-5 watersheds along the California coast.
University of California Cooperative Extension
(UCCE) in Sonoma County works to maintain a vital agriculture, environment, and community by providing university research-based information and outreach in agriculture and natural resources management. UCCE, in collaboration with
California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG),
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and
Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA),
developed and coordinates a coho monitoring program for the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program.
The
GIS lab at University of California's Hopland Research and Extension Center has worked for the past 10 years to develop spatially explicit models to examine water need and impacts of water management practices in the Russian River watershed.
Technical Advisory Committee
A. Merenlender, Ph.D, Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Berkeley
California Department of Fish and Game
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA Restoration Center
North Coast Reqional Water Quality Control Board
Sonoma County Water Agency
Funding Partners
California Coastal Conservancy
California Department of Fish and Game
County of Sonoma
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Sonoma County Water Agency
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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