WEBINAR: Climate Resilience and IRWM: Building Successful Partnerships, Day 1

Keynote Speaker

• John Andrew: DWR’s Commitment to Climate Resilience and IRWM  Presentation slides

Panel: What Climate Science Tells us about California’s Water Future, and the Need for Resiliency Planning

• Nuin-Tara Key, Deputy Director: Climate, Office of Planning and Research (OPR) Presentation slides
• Alex Hall, Director of the Center for Climate science, UCLA Presentation slides
• Lynn Rodriguez, Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County (WCVC) Presentation slides

Presentation: What’s Going On? A Tapestry of Who’s Doing What on Climate Change at the State Level

• Jennifer Morales, DWR Presentation slides

Panel discussion:  Working in Partnership to Build Climate and Water Resilient Communities in California

• Soren Nelson, Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
• Karen Cowan, California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA)
• Karen Buhr, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts (CARCD)
• Danielle Dolan, Local Government Commission (LGC)
• Mike Nowlan, Floodplain Management Association (FMA)

Resources shared in the chat

Water news & resources

• Maven’s Notebook
• California Water Library
• Groundwater Exchange

Bay Area Water Agency Coordination

• https://www.bayareareliability.com/

OPR Resources

• 2021 State Adaptation Strategy Update:  https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Building-Climate-Resilience/2021-State-Adaptation-Strategy-Update
• Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program

Water Resilience Portfolio

• https://waterresilience.ca.gov/

Watersheds Coalition Ventura County Climate Resilience Resources

• ​​https://wcvc.ventura.org/documents/climate_change.htm

Sea Level Rise Guidance

• https://www.coastal.ca.gov/climate/slrguidance.html

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

• https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management/sgma-groundwater-management

Draft Pathways to 30×30

• https://www.californianature.ca.gov/

CA Water Plan

• https://water.ca.gov/Programs/California-Water-Plan/Update-2018

Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan

• https://fmtf.fire.ca.gov/

Progress Tracker

• https://airtable.com/shr3GYW2AF4sf6Cgg/tbl2ikpAGWBEVULBj

Urban Heat Island Report:

• https://calepa.ca.gov/climate/urban-heat-island-index-for-california/urban-heat-island-report

Climate Assessment:

• https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/

Alliance of Regional Climate collaboratives

• ARCCAcalifornia.org

California Landscape Stewardship Network

• https://calandscapestewardshipnetwork.org/

California Resilience Partnership

• https://www.rcc.city/california

Flood-MAR:

• https://water.ca.gov/programs/all-programs/flood-mar

Central Valley Flood Protection Plan

• https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Flood-Management/Flood-Planning-and-Studies/Central-Valley-Flood-Protection-Plan

Water Storage Investment Program

• https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage

CASQA’s Vision 

• https://www.casqa.org/about/strategic-plan-vision

Karen Cowan Op-Ed on Stormwater as a Resource

• https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/its-time-to-value-stormwater-as-a-resource/

Ahwahnee Water Principles

• https://www.lgc.org/resources/water/ahwahnee-water-principles/

LGC’s Water & Land-Use Integration Work

• https://www.lgc.org/water-and-land-use

Water – Land Use Integration -Growing Water Smart Program:

• https://www.lgc.org/gws/
• Post-fire resources from the Santa Cruz RCD in response to 2020 CZU wildfire http://www.rcdsantacruz.org/post-fire
• We also have a FactSheet on Drought/Fire/Flood Cycle as part of our Covid Recovery Series: LGC’s Pandemic Recovery Series (2 on water topics): https://www.lgc.org/pandemic_recovery/

FIRO (forecast informed reservoir operations)  in the Russian River:

• https://www.sonomawater.org/firo#:~:text=Forecast%20Informed%20Reservoir%20Operations%20(FIRO)%20is%20a%20flexible%20water%20management,resilience%20to%20droughts%20and%20floods.

Recent toolkit put out by the California Silver Jackets team:

• http://www.readyforwildfire.org/wp-content/uploads/Flood-After-Fire_California-Toolkit_September-2020-2.pdf

LGC’s Funding Navigation Platform:

• http://www.fundingresource.org

PFAS information

• https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-explained

Principles for State Investment in Climate Adaptation

• https://cah2oresearch.com/2019/09/16/principles-for-state-investment-in-climate-adaptation/