Save your runoff -- create a rain gardenA rain garden uses rainwater before it goes to waste down the storm drain. When you plant a rain garden, the harvest isn't so obvious. But it's everywhere. By creating berms and swales in your yard, you can imitate how nature itself captures rain. Instead of letting rainwater run off to the street, rain gardens encourage it to soak into the ground under your regular garden, building a reserve to help trees and bushes thrive. (Sacramento Bee - 02/01/2010) 
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Fresno Bee - 11/24/2009
Los Angeles Times - 11/24/2009
Redding Record Searchlight - 11/18/2009
San Jose Mercury News - 11/12/2009
Sacramento Bee - 08/10/2009
Red Bluff urges fish hotelProjects to improve areas along the river were presented Thursday during the second in a series of workshops about the loss of Lake Red Bluff. The Red Bluff City Manager presented a project for River Park and the area around Red Bank Creek that would require removing the sand bar in front of River Park and dredging a channel to create a shallow spot for migrating fish to rest as they travel upstream something of a fish hotel. (Contra Costa Times - 11/21/2009)
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Fresno Bee - 02/02/2010
The Record - 11/18/2009
San Jose Mercury News - 08/06/2009
Sacramento Bee - 07/29/2009
Redding Record-Searchlight - 07/28/2009
Fate of water bond in hands of votersImprovements in water delivery are needed in California's Central Valley. Voters have say in 2010.  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday endorsed the $11 billion water bond included as part of the five-bill package approved by state legislators last week. The bill, if passed by voters one year from now, will fund major dam and canal projects to help the state combat serious drought conditions that have plagued the region since 2005. (San Francisco Examiner - 11/10/2009)
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Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/04/2010
Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 02/03/2010
Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/03/2010
Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/02/2010
Grass Valley Union - 02/01/2010
Yolo Bypass sees flood of wildlife activityThere's a whole unique food web that happens out in the floodplain. The Yolo Bypass is a migratory interchange for man and beast. That's especially so in a flood. "There's a whole unique food web that happens out in the floodplain," said Ted Sommer, a fisheries biologist and program manager at the Calif. Dept. of Water Resources. The flood triggered a bloom of tiny plants, called phytoplankton, which are food for tiny aquatic animals called zooplankton. These, in turn, create a rich buffet for fish. (Sacramento Bee - 02/04/2010)
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Sacramento Bee - 02/09/2010
Chico Enterprise-Record- - 02/08/2010
Sacramento Bee - 02/04/2010
Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 02/02/2010
Ukiah Daily Journal - 02/02/2010
