Registration Now Open for Northern California Tour: October 16-18

Registration is now open for our popular Northern California Tour October 16-18, and seats always fill quickly! This 3-day, 2-night excursion across the Sacramento Valley travels north from Sacramento to Oroville, Redding and Shasta Lake. Experts will talk about the history of the Sacramento River as the tour winds through riparian woodland, rice fields, wildlife refuges and nut orchards.

Participants will get a direct look at how this year’s abundant precipitation has filled critical reservoirs of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project; explore farming and environmental water uses; visit the location of the proposed Sites Reservoir; and discuss innovations in flood management, groundwater management and salmon restoration.

Stops include Oroville and Shasta dams, Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project, rice farms, Clear Creek Gorge, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Find more information and registration details here!

We’re hiring! Join our Team as Operations Manager

We’re hiring! Join the Water Education Foundation as its full-time operations manager and play a central role in supporting our operations, programs and fundraising efforts.

We are seeking someone who is organized, detail-oriented and energetic with the ability to manage changing priorities.

See the full job posting.

Tickets Still Available for Headwaters Tour: July 24-25

Don’t miss your opportunity to venture into the foothills and mountains of the Sierra Nevada with experts on our Headwaters Tour July 24-25 and examine water issues that happen upstream but have dramatic impacts on water supply and quality downstream and throughout California. Space is more limited on this tour than any other that we host, so reserve your seat on the bus here while the remaining spots last!

Save the Date for Our Water Summit: October 30

Make sure your calendar is marked to attend the Water Education Foundation’s premier annual event in Sacramento on October 30, featuring leading policymakers and experts addressing critical water issues in California and across the West!

Now in its 40ᵗʰ year, the Water Summit is an ideal event for water district managers and board members, state and federal agency officials, city and county government leaders, farmers, environmentalists, attorneys, consultants, engineers, business executives and public interest groups.

This year’s theme and other details will be coming soon. In the meantime, take a look at the 2023 Water Summit’s agenda and speakers to see why it’s an experience you won’t want to miss!