From our blog: Water for the Future

A picture of CEO Ashley Boren. To the left, text reads "2023 and Beyond"

Persistence, Perseverance: Preparing for our Uncertain Climate Future

Sustainable Conservation has worked in California for 30 years to craft collaborative, enduring solutions to our state’s unique and pressing environmental problems. The start of 2023 has been a challenging time for California. Our hearts go out to all of those devastated by the floods. As we plan for a climate-resilient future, I’m taking a…

A Watershed Moment: Three Must-Reads on California’s Drought, Floods, and our Water Future

Californians are accustomed to wet winters and the stress flooding brings along with this important replenishment cycle. Rain and snowpack totals are significant, but what does this all mean for our water future? Is it enough?

Assessing Opportunities to Drive Better Outcomes for Water and Sustainable Agriculture

Last year, we introduced you to Mikayla Tran, our 2021-22 GrizzlyCorps Fellow. We’re celebrating the culmination of her time with Sustainable Conservation, a white paper focusing on two comprehensive California water policies and where they can, and should, intersect. Mikayla studied the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term…

Introducing Roshni Katrak-Adefowora

We’re pleased to welcome Roshni Katrak-Adefowora to our team this month! Roshni joins us as our Data and Science Communication Specialist on our Water Recharge Team. She’ll work on collecting, compiling, and manipulating new and existing data while centering our agronomic, environmental, and community priorities. Roshni has a demonstrated and deep passion for data analysis and presenting…

A Watershed Moment with DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi and Ajay Goyal

Our partnership with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is the bedrock for expanding our climate-modeling scenarios and tools to four additional watersheds in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV.) We sat down with Kamyar Guivetchi, Manager of the Division of Planning, and Ajay Goyal, Manager of the Statewide Infrastructure Investigations Branch, to talk about…