Watershed Coordinators

Funded in the region through Department of Conservation:

1.      El Dorado County & Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts

2.      El Dorado Irrigation District for the South Fork American

3.      Friends of Deer Creek; Nevada County Resource Conservation District for the Bear River Watershed; and

4.      South Yuba River Citizen’s League for the Yuba River (4/2008)

Bridging Schools Project

Funded funded through Prop 50 (non-IRWMP dollars). Sponsor: Leslie Smith, Public Education & Enrichment Fund, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools. Funded: including $9,970 for CABY Task (4/2008)

South Fork American River Water Quality & Recreation Study

Funded by Sierra Nevada Conservancy. Sponsor: Elizabeth Betancourt, EID. Funding includes $4,196 for CABY Task (4/2008)

Bear River Mercury Removal

Sierra Nevada Conservancy funded the CEQA analysis and the necessary permits for Nevada Irrigation District’s Bear River Mercury Removal Project (3/2008)

CABY Water Trust

The CABY Water Trust, which focuses on the CABY region, is part of a larger
Sierra Water Trust, which will start in May 2008 and was funded by USEPA and the SNC. Contact Elizabeth Soderstrom, American Rivers (1/2008)

Flow Augmentation

Ron Nelson, NID, announced $300,000 in funding from the US EPA for organizing and capacity building on a water trust in the Sierra to acquire water rights from other areas. Project partners include Elizabeth Soderstrom, UC Davis, American Rivers, Sierra Nevada Alliance, and NID. (5/2007)

Fish Passage on Auburn Ravine

NID received CALFED implementation funding for fish passage on the Auburn Ravine. (5/2007)

NID Canal Lining Funded

NID also received another grant for $300,000 to fund a canal lining project. (5/2007)