The Water Education Foundation’s “Sierra Headwaters Tour” concluded on Friday, July 26, wrapping up multiple days of educational seminars about Tahoe Basin water issues.  The tour visited Eldorado National Forest, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, and Lake Tahoe (among other locations) to highlight the work each does in the California watershed. The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are both major sponsors of the multi-day event. … The tour tied wildfire and forest health to water issues in California. The event’s description highlighted that California’s “water supply is largely dependent on the health of our Sierra forests, which are suffering from ecosystem degradation, drought, wildfires and widespread tree mortality.”