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Switzer Fellows southern California retreat – Inland Empire: A land of contradictions

I have just returned from another jam-packed Switzer Fellows retreat held in southern California the weekend of March 23-25, 2012. Over the last few years, as part of our ongoing outreach to Fellows and colleagues in the region, and our...
April 2, 2012
Fellow Story

Managing Water Runoff for the Greater Good

How can we ensure the water that runs off our driveways and parking lots is safe for the environment? 2009 Switzer Fellow Brenda Zollitsch works with municipalities to address pollution that impacts waterways.
March 1, 2012
Fellow Story

Siegel featured in video about California Delta Region

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February 24, 2012
Fellow Story

Ramirez appointed to California's Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Timothy Ramirez, 45, of Albany, has been appointed to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. Ramirez has served as the natural resources and lands management division manager at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission since 2005. He served as senior advisor for the California Bay-Delta Authority from 2003 to 2005. Ramirez was assistant secretary for water policy and science at the California Resources Agency from 2002 to 2003 and water policy and science advisor from 1999 until 2002.
February 23, 2012
Leadership Grant Grant

Cumulative Impacts and Sustainable Solutions for Central Valley Water, Year 1

Community Water Center (CWC) has hired Carolina Balazs as Research Scientist and Scientific Advisor. Carolina will add scientific capacity to this grassroots advocacy organization to help inform its policy and planning efforts as it works...
January 6, 2012
Leadership Grant Grant

Transportation Planning for Climate Adaptation and Aquatic Connectivity

Through this Switzer Leadership Grant, The Adirondack Nature Conservancy hired Jessie Levine to develop a pilot program for funding the replacement and upgrade of road culverts to benefit aquatic species and habitat. Working with state and...
January 6, 2012
Fellow Story

Switzer op-ed on Central Valley drinking water

The polluted water that flows from taps in many small Central Valley communities captures a troubling irony of California water policy.
July 30, 2011
Fellow

Jessica Shade

2011 Fellow
Dr. Jessica Shade is a National Program Leader at USDA NIFA, in the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, Division of Plant Systems – Production. In this role, she directs programs helping food and agriculture stakeholders...
Fellow

Matt Vadeboncoeur

2011 Fellow
Matt Vadeboncoeur is a Research Scientist at the Earth Systems Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, where he is. His research focuses on understanding management, and climate related changes to the cycling of nutrients and...
Leadership Grant Grant

Ecological Leadership for California's Flood Management Future Leadership Program, Year 2

Mark Tompkins will continue his consultancy with American Rivers for a second year as technical and policy advisor on the finalization of California's Central Valley Flood Management Plan (CVFMP). The CVFMP is a multi-year process to review...
May 27, 2011