Support California’s definition of regenerative agriculture via sensor driven process control for water efficiency and nutrient management. This session explores how below ground nitrate, water and redox sensors provide data intelligence that can inform smart nitrogen strategies and support better soil health and cleaner water through reduced runoff and leaching.
Evan Riley, the CEO and Managing Partner of White Pine Renewables will talk through how White Pine Renewables has become an industry leader in co-locating solar on ground water recharge basis, balancing ponds, and other water infrastructure. The talk will cover about technical, commercial and legal hurdles for these types of projects and how to identify what makes “good” project (aka viable) and what makes a “bad” project (aka not viable). White Pine has successfully deployed approximately 30 s
The San Joaquin Flood-MAR Watershed Studies team will present and describe results from the five watershed studies that provide a compelling case for innovative and at-scale implementation. (Lunch-MAR | December 2025)
Flood-MAR Network Workshop: 2024 Recap and 2025 Visioning
Friday March 28, 2025, 10 AM – 12 PM
This virtual workshop aimed to reflect on the progress made in 2024, re-energize our collective efforts, and collaboratively shape priorities for 2025. Key objectives were:
• Showcase recent impactful work from Network Members
• Advance collaborative initiatives for Flood-MAR implementation in CA
• Encourage active participation in the Network’s activities
• Engage members in the planning of the 2025
State Water Resources Control Board, CA Department of Water Resources, and CA Department of Fish and Wildlife co-hosted a workshop on the 180-day temporary water rights permit application process and the technical and regulatory assistance available for local public agencies working on recharge projects using high flows.
This workshop reviewed actual Flood-MAR efforts, highlight successes as well as missed opportunities, and culminated in the identification of Network actions that are needed to place California on the path to realizing the goal of increasing average annual managed groundwater recharge by 500,000 ac-ft.
Dual presentation on Building Partnerships and Opportunities from a Tribal Liaison Perspective by Dirk Charley, Dunlap Band of Mono Indians, and Making Connections with Sharon Farrell, CA Landscape Stewardship Network.
Topic I. Partnership and Opportunities for Collaboration: The solutions to California’s water challenges can be effectively advanced through partnerships among experts and practitioners with the capacity and motivation to coordinate efforts and exchange knowledge and expertise. Making Flood-MAR possible requires a network that accommodates multiple levels of engagement of existing initiatives and collaboratives.
Institutional silos and inefficiencies impede watershed-based solutions, multi-sector management strategies, and multi-benefit projects. Cooperation and alignment of agencies and partners is essential to facilitating the preplanned and real-time decision-making needed for Flood-MAR projects. Achieving the public and private benefits of Flood-MAR requires expediting permitting processes, incentivizing landowner participation, and protecting floodplains and recharge sites.
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