Dwindling Snowpack = Dwindling Groundwater
The ongoing drought has created some unique and extraordinary conditions throughout the western US. California in particular is enduring some extremely dry conditions with limited to no snow pack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains this spring. These mountains supply about 1/3 of our state water supply in an average year.
Explore (and help) the Creek!
We are all familiar with the sound of a woodpecker drumming on a tree searching for food or building a nest site. But what about the many other bird species that nest deep inside tree limbs but don’t have the means to create their own home? Join the Laguna Creek Watershed Council this Sunday as we lend a helping hand (wing?) to some of our feathered, cavity-nesting friends.
SAVE THE DATE! Elk Grove Greener Gardens EXPO & Garden Tour – April 25th!
Enter to win a free ‘Greener’ Garden Landscape Design! The EXPO will feature hands-on demonstration stations and experts that will help you create a ‘greener’, more sustainable garden.
Drought Strains Central Valley Groundwater Resources
The UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling released a preliminary update to their
previous work on water storage changes in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River
basins. Check out the report summary here.
Groundwater Depletion in the Central Valley
We depend on both groundwater and surface water for drinking water, but in our region, more heavily on groundwater. How we use water within the Laguna Creek watershed affects our groundwater. Because irrigating lawns and gardens accounts of greater than 65% of residential water use in our region, we have a great opportunity to contribute to water conservation by practice river friendly landscaping.