Photo by Chris Cruz Dream Lake Wetlands Lassen Volcanic National Park Post Restoration
Water is California's single most important resource. It is critical both economically and environmentally that we find ways to protect this asset. This project is designed to highlight five specific areas that relate to water in California. These areas include Ground Water and Weather, Reservoir Storage, Critical Habitat and Fire and Critical Habitat Loss and Drought. We have explored these areas because we believe they are interrelated and paramount to a healthy economy and environment. According to the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, California uses 77% of its freshwater for agriculture and 20% gets divided between urban residential, commercial, industrial and landscape. The remaining 3% is what is left for wetlands. If you look closely at the ground water well data and compare it to the loss of critical habitat there are significant correlations. Evaluating data in these different areas can inform future policy and ways of doing business in an economical and environmentally sustainable manner.