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Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

The Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is south of Sacramento in the northern reaches of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. FWS staff and partners have been working to restore historic wetland communities and enhance existing habitats in the 6,000-acre complex of wetland, riparian and grassland habitats.

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Innovative groundwater storage initiative receives millions in funding

August 15, 2018

Groundwater recharge ponds at a drinking water treatment plant in northern California.

The Freshwater Trust partners with local groups to engage disadvantaged communities in water management

May 11, 2018

A wheat field receives water from a pumping system tapped into an irrigation canal in the southern region of the San Joaquin Valley. John Chacon / California Department of Water Resources.

The Freshwater Trust helps 19 agencies improve groundwater in northern California

July 14, 2017

Infographic: The Freshwater Trust in California

October 24, 2016

The Freshwater Trust shortlisted for prize in California Water Policy Challenge

November 13, 2015