Will you increase your investment to create years of impact for biodiverse soils and water-smart food production? With your support, we can explore how practices like cover cropping can make on-farm groundwater recharge safer and more effective susco n.org/give

Each October 1st, the start of the new Water Year quietly slips by most Californians’ calendars — but not Sustainable Conservation’s Water for the Future Team! In our latest blog, we we asked each team member: What is one hope you have for Water Year 2026? suscon.org/blog/2025/11...

Join us next week on Tuesday for a webinar featuring Fairmead Community & Friends leaders on their local groundwater sustainability project and what it takes to drive community solutions from the ground up

Join our team! We’re hiring a Project Manager (On-Farm Water Solutions) based out of our Modesto office to help advance practical, science-based strategies that protect groundwater and support resilient agriculture across California. Learn more on our careers page! buff.ly/erOgM3J

“For the Bay Area residents, I would just tell people to be prepared for anything,” Dalton Behringer, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, told SFGATE. “The variability here for La Niña is so high.” www.sfgate.com/weather/arti...

Join our team! We’re hiring a Project Manager (On-Farm Water Solutions) based out of our Modesto office to help advance practical, science-based strategies that protect groundwater and support resilient agriculture across California. Learn more on our careers page! buff.ly/erOgM3J

"Ten years ago, we were lucky to have one restoration project implemented per summer. Now, it’s normal for us to have as many as five going to construction in a summer. Restoration permitting pathways helped us unlock a new pace and scale of restoration." buff.ly/obvvJ5f

SC's Solutions in Our Soil team's recent work on expanding cover crop adoption is largely due to the practice’s potential to provide several key water-related benefits. This video shows why growers see cover crops as vital levers to unlock water and soil benefits buff.ly/tD10Gku

"Ten years ago, we were lucky to have one restoration project implemented per summer. Now, it’s normal for us to have as many as five going to construction in a summer. Restoration permitting pathways helped us unlock a new pace and scale of restoration."

Last month, SC led a field trip for donors to see the recent improvements to native fish and stream habitat from the first phase of the Lagunitas Creek Watershed Enhancement Project — and to witness the positive impact of simplifying California’s permitting processes

Sustainable Conservation is still recruiting for its next CEO to guide the organization into a new era of impact on California’s land, air, and water for the benefit of people and nature. Read the full position profile and help us spread the word to qualified candidates! buff.ly/cK7iLq4

HAPPENING NOW: the grand finale of Sustainable Conservation's "Climate Resilience in Action" webinar series! You won't want to miss this chance to participate in this expert panel on collaborative water solutions for the present and future ⬇️ buff.ly/vFx9GBe

Sustainable Conservation has officially begun its search for the next CEO to guide the organization into a new era of impact on California’s land, air, and water for the benefit of people and nature. Read the full position profile and help us spread the word! buff.ly/NUQ7z3k

Missed last week's webinar, "Restoring Rivers for Flood Protection," or want to revisit the discussion? Stream at your convenience on our YouTube. Another big thanks to River Partners' John Cain and American Rivers' Sarah Puckett for joining us last Thursday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kktB...

Every drop counts! Your gift today helps replenish groundwater, restore river habitats, and build drought and flood resilience across California’s watersheds suscon.org/give

Sustainable Conservation has officially begun its search for the next CEO to guide the organization into a new era of impact on California’s land, air, and water for the benefit of people and nature. Read the full position profile and help us spread the word! buff.ly/NUQ7z3k

There's still time to register for the next webinar in our Climate Resilience in Action series! We will explore how natural floodplains and restored rivers can reduce the state’s increasing flood risk while providing critical habitat and safeguarding water supplies and communities

Your contribution empowers collective action to build whole watershed solutions that last. Thanks to the Emmett Foundation, your dollar can go twice as far on new or increased gifts! suscon.org/give

Watersheds require coordinated care and collaboration to remain resilient. Your financial support enables us to co-create permit pathways that preserve environmental protections while speeding critical restoration projects to protect sensitive habitat without delay suscon.org/give

Sustainable Conservation and CAFF, along with UC ANR and other partners, have released a new guidance document — Cover Cropping in California’s Water Scarce Environments — to help growers harness the many benefits of cool-season cover crops while reducing water use

The first entry in our 2025 Restoration Round-Up Blog Series features the outstanding work done by our friends at The Nature Conservancy and other organizations to revitalize key salmon habitat and restore natural floodplain functions in Mendocino County's Ten Mile River watershed buff.ly/eL3c1so

With a monthly gift, you can join our California Conservationists to build a more resilient future for California’s watersheds — and the ecosystems & communities that rely on them. Become part of the solution today! interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebL...

For over 30 years, Sustainable Conservation has replenished groundwater, revitalized habitat, and built community resilience. Now, with drought, wildfire threats and climate uncertainty accelerating, we must act faster and think bigger — but we need your help suscon.org/give

To meet California’s water challenges, we must invest in watershed-scale, sustainable stewardship that merges science, policy, and action. Donate now to help us scale this integrative, cross-sector approach to water security!

When we consider all that a single drop of water needs to accomplish across the state, we realize that our conservation challenges are both connected and complex. A gift helps us implement whole watershed solutions that work across California’s water systems. suscon.org/give

The first entry in our 2025 Restoration Round-Up Blog Series features the outstanding work done by The Nature Conservancy and other organizations to revitalize key salmon habitat and restore natural floodplain functions in Mendocino County's Ten Mile River watershed suscon.org/blog/2025/04...

Happy Earth Day from all of us at Sustainable Conservation! On #EarthDay and every day, we're dedicated to uniting communities, businesses, and government to steward California's land, air, and water for a sustainable future #earthday2025

Strategic water diversions during extreme rainfall reduce community flood risk and can facilitate the replenishment of our underground aquifers, which 85% of Californians rely on for some portion of their water supply. Read how Executive Order N-16-25 enables these diversions buff.ly/C1BaU5d

Last month’s California Dairy Sustainability Summit in Visalia brought together dairy producers, researchers, and conservation leaders to spotlight real-world solutions to water and climate challenges. Read our recap blog to learn more! buff.ly/v5eVhwX

Last month’s California Dairy Sustainability Summit in Visalia brought together dairy producers, researchers, and conservation leaders to spotlight real-world solutions to water and climate challenges. Read our recap blog to learn more! buff.ly/v5eVhwX

Missed our webinar discussion on "Healthier Forests, Safer Communities" last week? It's now available on our YouTube channel! Senior Project Manager Stephanie Falzone moderated an incredibly insightful discussion with three experts representing agencies, Tribes and nonprofits youtu.be/y6wM5rfKfBY

The Public Policy Institute of California's recent blogs outlines how groundwater recharge—the replenishment of underground aquifers—can be incentivized to encourage widespread adoption buff.ly/GwY2ME3

Missed our webinar yesterday? Our Accelerating Restoration Senior Project Manager Stephanie Falzone sat down with three experts representing agencies, tribes, and non-profits who shared insights on mitigating fire risks with traditional cultural knowledge and modern fire suppression buff.ly/Vq0mDf3

Join us on 4/9 for our Healthier Forests, Safer Communities webinar! We'll share insights on how traditional ecological knowledge and modern fire management can work to strengthen ecosystems and highlight restoration projects that showcase the power of collaborative land stewardship

Accurate and compelling reporting on CAs water challenges and solutions is more important than ever. To support journalists, we’ve launched a Press Resources page with expert sources, recent media placements, and a license-free photo library for easy access to high-quality visuals buff.ly/430VFUg

2025 is a year of big changes at Sustainable Conservation. After 28 years of outstanding leadership, Ashley Boren will transition her role at the end of the year to our next CEO, who will build on the organization’s accomplishments and take us to the next level of impact

How Executive Order N-16-25 Enables Recharge During Floods #cawater @susconca.bsky.social suscon.org/blog/2025/02...

Missed the kickoff for our Spring Webinar Series, "Climate Resilience in Action" last Thursday? You can watch the conversation between Sustainable Conservation CEO and Climate Scientist Dr. Daniel Swain now on YouTube!

Last chance to register for our webinar, "Climate Resilience in Action with Dr. Daniel Swain," which is happening in 1 hour!

Accurate and compelling reporting on CA’s water challenges and solutions is more important than ever. To support journalists, we’ve launched a Press Resources page with expert sources, recent media placements, and a license-free photo library for easy access to high-quality visuals

@amyjeangraff.bsky.social explains in the New York Times how California's atmospheric river storms, which occur at increasing frequency in a warmer climate, are inherently harder to predict than milder storms

Revisit CEO Ashley Boren's guest opinion column in the Sac Bee from last July! The piece, "A resilient water future for the San Joaquin Valley is within reach. Here’s how,” focuses on how groundwater recharge has grown as a sustainable water practice in the past 6 years

We envision a future in which growers, communities, and ecosystems thrive in drought and deluge. We work with the people who drink, manage, and irrigate with groundwater to implement on-farm recharge and build large-scale watershed modeling across the Central Valley

Sustainable Conservation's Waste Not program promotes appropriate, scalable solutions to reuse manure nutrients, connect farmers and their land to a circular resource economy, reduce groundwater and greenhouse gas pollution, and build soil health

Just because the calendars have flipped to 2025 doesn’t mean we’ve run out of time to celebrate everything we did in 2024! Here are the top five highlights from last year’s blogs, showcasing the collaborative work and lasting solutions that we’ve helped to champion

Soil experts know a lot about how soil can store carbon, but less about how they can benefit water. Sustainable Conservation's Solutions in our Soil programs works in the soil-water nexus to understand how improving our soils can help CA build a more sustainable water supply

From bomb cyclones to wildfire, California's nominal wet season has been off to a tumultuous start. If you're a journalist or media professional looking for sources or more information on the impacts of this winter on our water supply, check out our media page!

Congratulations to Bowles Farming Company of Merced County, who was named the recipient of the 2024 California Leopold Conservation Award last month. Read our blog to learn more about the Bowles' exemplary conservation ethic

By developing expedited permitting tools, our Accelerating Restoration program works to put restoration on a more efficient regulatory path separate from traditional development. See more on the program's overview page!

We have a library of more than 100 technical resources to provide guidance and assistance to farmers, ranchers, landowers, and agencies. Use our new library to quickly sort and search for technical resources most relevant to you!