Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency (YSGA)
Supporting the YSGA’s GSP Update (2024-Current)
We are supporting the YSGA in annual update reporting, 5-year update, land-use projections, and Hungry Hollow specific management objectives. Specific activities include leading the YSGA model update process, investigating and incorporating OpenET estimates in water budget computations, facilitating land-use projections, and developing future climate and land-use scenarios.
Pistachio orchard in Yolo County, California.
All over the Central Valley, permanent tree crops are replacing annual crops, and in some counties, also expanding into non-farmed land. Understanding the water consumption of such changes is important for both and long-term sustainability. UC Davis researchers are assisting us with their monitoring – pictured here, with eddy flux towers measuring evapotranspiration from a young Pistachio orchard. Photo: V. Mehta, 10/2024. With thanks to Daniele Zacarriah, UC Davis.
Village Ecosystems
Supporting headwater restoration and water conservation in Mendocino County (2025)
We are supporting Village Ecosystems’ headwater restoration in Mendocino County! The project involves off-stream storage on a tributary of 10 mile creek, that will release water for salmon when it is needed most. Off-stream storage will also be used for water supply at a local summer camp, and for irrigation.
As in most contruction projects, federal and state regulations require a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and permit. Leafbird consulting is assisting Village Ecosystems in their SWPPP by helping model the erosion potential in the project area before, during and post-construction when all the Best Management Practices (BMPs) are in place.
Map credit: With thanks to Anna Birkas, Village Ecosystems.
