Keeping Water in Our Streams-Virtual Workshop
Thank you to everyone who joined us for an engaging conversation on 1707 Instream Flow Dedications. We're especially grateful to our speakers for their insightful remarks and discussion: Joaquin Esquivel (Chair, State Water Resources Control Board), Erik Ekdahl (Chief Deputy Director, State Water Resources Control Board), Julie Rentner (President, River Partners), and Alex Hart (Appraiser, Central California Appraisals, and Siskiyou County Rancher).
Our presenters offered a candid look at the complexities of the 1707 Dedication program — sharing key challenges, lived experiences navigating the process, and hard-won lessons. They also raised thoughtful ideas for improving accessibility going forward including ideas about reforming the protest process.
