Protecting California's Water Before It Runs Out
10/11/22 • 58 min
In this episode, we follow up with Clifford Lee, retired Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. We dive deeper into water policy and hear about critical changes needed to protect our most valuable resource: water! We are faced with a 27-year delay in the adoption of new scientific recommendations and species protections for the SF Bay Delta, the lifeblood of our state. While at the same time critical aquifers across the state are being over-pumped and going dry.
We learn that California needs to catch up with other Western states on the regulation of groundwater extraction and quantifying river diversions. Clifford, a public servant of 40 years is sounding the alarm and urging us to educate ourselves about our water resources before they are gone. This episode is packed with the information we need now, so we can reform water policy in California for a sustainable future.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
Get involved
- Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate
Change, PCL Recommendations - "Federalism and Water" by Clifford Lee
- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- California State Water Resources Control Board
Episode credits
- Producer: Natalie Kilmer
- Production Support: Kasil Willie and Kendall Crakow
- Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
In this episode, we follow up with Clifford Lee, retired Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. We dive deeper into water policy and hear about critical changes needed to protect our most valuable resource: water! We are faced with a 27-year delay in the adoption of new scientific recommendations and species protections for the SF Bay Delta, the lifeblood of our state. While at the same time critical aquifers across the state are being over-pumped and going dry.
We learn that California needs to catch up with other Western states on the regulation of groundwater extraction and quantifying river diversions. Clifford, a public servant of 40 years is sounding the alarm and urging us to educate ourselves about our water resources before they are gone. This episode is packed with the information we need now, so we can reform water policy in California for a sustainable future.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
Get involved
- Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate
Change, PCL Recommendations - "Federalism and Water" by Clifford Lee
- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- California State Water Resources Control Board
Episode credits
- Producer: Natalie Kilmer
- Production Support: Kasil Willie and Kendall Crakow
- Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
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Updating California Water Policy for Climate Change
Currently, California is on track to lose most if not all native fish species within this century if we don't adapt to climate change. We talk with Clifford Lee; retired deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who served the state for 40 years. Clifford shares his expertise and recommendations for updating California's water policy to mitigate the effects of climate change. He explains some of the policies that got us here and the nuts and bolts of the agencies that regulate and move water throughout the state.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
Get involved
- Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate
Change, PCL Recommendations - "Federalism and Water" by Clifford Lee
- Save California Salmon
- California Water Justice
- California State Water Resources Control Board
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In this episode, we interview Danielle Frank, a Hoopa Valley Tribal Member, activist, and youth coordinator with Save California Salmon. Danielle shares her story of growing up in Hoopa Valley along the banks of the Trinity River near its confluence with the Klamath River. We hear how speaking up for her beliefs, community, and way of life helped her find her voice and become an empowered youth leader and public speaker. At nineteen years of age, some of her accomplishments include leading Native Youth programs, creating informed Native American curriculum for schools, assisting with California State legislation, being a featured Vogue climate activist, and a speaker at the United Nations Climate Change Summit COP 27.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Save California Salmon or any entities mentioned.
All music is the property of the artist/s and may not be reproduced or shared without their consent.
Get involved
- School Curriculum: Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California
- Save California Salmon
- DONATE- It is Native American Heritage Month and these funds go directly towards education events and travel funds for Northern California Native youth and Water Protectors, and Klamath Dam removal celebrations for our communities who have worked for 20 years to remove Klamath Dams.
- Protect ICWA
- Stop the Delta Tunnel Petition
- Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
- Vogue Article
Episode credits
- Producer: Natalie Kilmer
- Production Support: Carrie Tully, Kasil Willie, Kendall Crakow, Regina Chichizola
- Podcast Music by Tony Bald, Adam Inguiez, and Danny Snyder
- Musical break Clip: Maymi Preston-Donahue
- Photograph of Danielle Frank by Carlos Jaramillo; Styled by Marcus Correa. Reprinted from Vogue
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