Useful Reference Sites
Site
URL
CALFED Programs
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
http://calfed.ca.gov/
CALFED Watershed Program
http://www.baydesltawatershed.org/
Watershed Projects Approved in 2001– including MAWC (Proposal 6)
http://www.baydeltawatershed.org/psp2.html
County Governments / Agencies
Fresno County Government
http://www.fresno.ca.gov/portal/Default.asp/
Madera County Government
http://www.madera-county.com/
Coarsegold Resource Conservation District
http://www.crcd.org/
State Government / Agencies
California Biodiversity Council - Watershed Work Group
http://ceres.ca.gov/biodiversity/wwg.html
California Resources Agency - Watershed Information Technical System (WITS)
http://ceres.ca.gov/watershed/
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/~rwqcb5/
Department of Fish and Game
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/dfghome.html/
Department of Parks and Recreation
http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp/
Department of Water Resources
http://www.dwr.water.ca.gov/
San Joaquin River Conservancy
http://www.sjrc.ca.com/
State Water Resources Control Board
http://www.swrcb.ca.org
SWRCB – Watershed Management
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/watershed/
Friant Water Users Authority
http://www.fwua.org/
Federal Government / Agencies
Bureau of Land Management - California
http://www.ca.blm.gov
Bureau of Reclamation – Mid Pacific Region
http://www.mp.usbr.gov/
Forest Service – Pacific Southwest Region
http://www.r5.fs.fed.us/
Environmental Protection Agency – Surf your watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
EPA – Surf Your Watershed – (Upper San Joaquin)
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=18040006
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
US Geological Survey – Water Resources of the United States
http://water.usgs.gov/
Watershed, Recreation and Conservation Organizations
Audubon Society
http://www.fresnoaudubon.org/
California Native Grass Association
http://www.cnga.org/
California Native Plant Society
http://cnps.org/
California Oaks Foundation
http://www.californiaoaks.org/
California Rangeland Trust
http://www.rangelandtrust.org/
Center for Watershed Protection
http://www.cwp.org/
SAMS Coalition - Sierra Nevada Access Multiple Use Stewardship
http://www.sams-coalition.org/
San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust
http://www.riverparkway.org/
Sierra Club – Tehipite Chapter
http://tehipite.sierraclub.org/
River Network
http://www.rivernetwork.org/
Upper Merced River Watershed Council
http://www.sierratel.com/watershed/
Academia, Research, Educational and Professional Institutions
California Rangelands – University of California, Davis
http://agronomy.ucdavis.edu/calrng/range1.htm
California Section of the Society for Range Management
http://www.casrm.org/index.shtml
California Water Institute - CSUF
http://www.californiawater.org/
Information Integration for Watershed Planning & Risk Assessment
http://www.npr.unr.edu/
The Watershed Management Council
http://watershed.org/
Water Education Foundation
http://www.watereducation.org/
Educational Programs
Adopt a Watershed
http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org/
Know Your Watershed – Purdue University
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/
WET – Water Education for Teachers
http://www.watereducation.org/projectwet.asp
Economic Development / Business
North Fork Community Development Council
http://www.northforkcdc.org/
Studies and Research
US Forest Service - Beaver Creek Watershed
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/watershed/beaver/
Publications / Articles
Department of Water Resources Publications
http://wwwowe.water.ca.gov/publications/pubs.jsp
Friant Dam – US Bureau of Reclamation
http://dataweb.usbr.gov/dams/ca10154.htm
Fresno Bee – Rescuing the San Joaquin - 1999
http://www.fresnobee.com/man/projects/savesjr/
San Joaquin Experimental Range – Research Publications
http://www.cati.csufresno.edu/sjer/rese/
Sierra Nevada Alliance Watershed Tool Kit
http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/publications/watershedtk/toolkit/
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