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Water, Land, Environment

Supporting California’s Water and Land Future

Supporting California’s Water and Land Future

Joya Banerjee offers concluding reflections on the Foundation’s Environment Program.

Water, Environment

Tools to advance water trading in a new era of sustainable groundwater management

Tools to advance water trading in a new era of sustainable groundwater management

Environmental Defense Fund partnered with water managers and landowners in the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District to create the first open-source water accounting and trading platform in California’s Central Valley.

Water, Environment

Filling the Biggest Data Gap in Water Management

Filling the Biggest Data Gap in Water Management

A Foundation-supported partnership including NASA, Google, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Desert Research Institute announces a web application to transform water management in the American West.

Water, Environment

Incentives Prove Vital to Waterbird Habitats

Incentives Prove Vital to Waterbird Habitats

New research shows the impact of extreme drought – and of incentive programs designed to ensure that waterbirds have a home in the Central Valley.

Water, Environment

Community Foundations are Working for Water Sustainability

Community Foundations are Working for Water Sustainability

Marselle Alexander-Ozinskas and Joya Banerjee co-author a blog post describing the Community Foundation Water Initiative.

Water, Environment

New Hope for the Salton Sea

New Hope for the Salton Sea

Allison Harvey Turner co-authors an op-ed highlighting promising steps toward restoring and sustaining California’s largest inland lake.

Water, Environment, President's Updates

Water Solutions Network: A New Approach to Learning and Collaboration

Water Solutions Network: A New Approach to Learning and Collaboration

Foundation president Lauren B. Dachs writes about cross-sector collaboration of leaders focused on the future of water management in our state.

Water, Environment

Aspen Institute Report Calls for “Internet of Water”

Aspen Institute Report Calls for “Internet of Water”

A new report from the Aspen Institute and its partners provides the blueprint for connecting data and advancing water sustainability.

Water, Environment

Water Management: Working Across Boundaries

Water Management: Working Across Boundaries

The newly independent Water Foundation is positioned to help transform the ways water is used in the American West.

Water, Environment

Environment Program: Solving the Salton Sea crisis

Environment Program: Solving the Salton Sea crisis

Allison Harvey Turner co-authors an op-ed describing public and philanthropic investments to prevent the collapse of the Salton Sea.