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Tour October 2, 2019 - 7:30am - October 4, 2019 - 6:30pm Nick Gray Northern California Tour Explores Water Resources Across Sacramento Valley to Shasta Dam

Northern California Tour 2019
Field Trip - October 2-4

This tour explored the Sacramento River and its tributaries through a scenic landscape as participants learned about the issues associated with a key source for the state’s water supply.

All together, the river and its tributaries supply 35 percent of California’s water and feed into two major projects: the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project. Tour participants got an on-site update of Oroville Dam spillway repairs.

This 3-day, 2-night excursion traveled across the Sacramento Valley and followed the river north from Sacramento through Chico to Redding and Shasta Lake, where participants took a houseboat tour.

Experts talked about the history of the Sacramento River as the tour wound through riparian woodland, crop fields and nut orchards. The tour tracked important water issues for farming and environmental uses, visited potential storage sites, discussed innovative programs for flood management, groundwater management and salmon restoration.

Contact Nick Gray, programs manager, with any questions via email or call 916-444-6240.

What attendees say about the tour:

What did you like best?

“Diversity of speakers, seeing Sites Reservoir site firsthand, good food. Organization was great!”

“Seeing Chinook salmon at the Feather River … and Sites Reservoir.”

“The broad range of water issues and market sectors covered by the tour. Also appreciate the extensive experience & local knowledge of the resource speakers & site-specific speakers.”

Stops Included:

  • Oroville Dam
  • Environmental restoration sites
  • Flood control projects
  • Rice fields and other agricultural operations
  • Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project
  • Shasta Dam
  • Clear Creek Restoration Project
  • The site of the proposed Sites Reservoir

Topics Included:

  • Oroville Dam spillway damage and repair efforts
  • The significance of the Sacramento River to California’s water supply
  • Flood management and levee safety
  • State Water Project and Central Valley Project operations
  • Impacts of 2018 Camp Fire
  • Restoration of endangered Chinook salmon
  • Groundwater, conjunctive use and area-of-origin water rights
  • Environmental restoration projects
  • Agriculture/wildlife conservancies and wildlife refuges
  • Farming in the Sacramento Valley
  • Proposed water storage locations
  • Wetlands

Tour Start and End Point:

The tour began on October 2 at 7:30 a.m. and ended on October 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Sacramento International Airport. We spent the nights at hotels in Oroville and Redding. 

Pricing Details:

Regular Price – $895 (one person, single-occupancy room)

Early Bird Price – $865 if you register online by September 3. Click on the orange registration button above.

Fee includes all tour meals, transportation, materials, snacks and hotel accommodations once the tour begins. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour’s beginning and end point.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Deadline to cancel and receive a refund is three weeks prior to the first day of the tour due to hotel, meal and transportation bookings. Substitutions are allowed up to five business days before the tour. Refunds may be subject to a 10% processing fee.

Continuing Education Credits:

Continuing education credits are available for California attorneys for an additional fee, and may be available for water plant/wastewater plant operators and other vocations/professions.

Related Links

  • David Guy Presentation
  • Willie Whittlesey Presentation
  • Kevin Phillips Presentation
  • Mark Oliver Presentation
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Bureau of Reclamation – California-Great Basin
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One of five Reclamation regions, the California-Great Basin region covers the northern two-thirds of California, most of western Nevada and part of southern Oregon. The region places great importance on fulfilling its obligations for water delivery, water conservation, water recycling and reuse, power generation, and protecting natural and cultural resources.

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Sponsors June 18, 2014

California Department of Water Resources
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California Department of Water Resources

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for managing and protecting California’s water. DWR works with other agencies to benefit the state’s people, and to protect, restore and enhance the natural and human environments.

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Sponsors February 28, 2018

Stantec
Trailblazer Sponsor

At Stantec, our business objective is to maintain our position as a top tier global design and delivery firm. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients’ needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. 

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Sponsors June 18, 2014

Turlock Irrigation District
Adventurer Sponsor

Turlock Irrigation District (TID) was the first publicly owned irrigation district in California, and is one of only four irrigation districts in California that provides irrigation water as well as electric retail energy directly to homes, farms and businesses. We are driven by our mission to provide reliable and competitively priced irrigation water and electric service, while being good stewards of our resources and providing a high level of customer satisfaction.

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Sponsors June 18, 2014

ESA
Traveler Sponsor

We specialize in all aspects of project planning, environmental analysis and assessment, and regulatory compliance. For more than four decades we’ve guided integrated decision-making, developing innovative and workable solutions that inform development and restoration projects based on sound science, policy, and planning.

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Tour October 2, 2019 - 7:30am - October 4, 2019 - 6:30pm Nick Gray Northern California Tour Explores Water Resources Across Sacramento Valley to Shasta Dam
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  • Willie Whittlesey Presentation
  • Kevin Phillips Presentation
  • Mark Oliver Presentation
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Nick Gray
Programs Director

Nick manages many of our workshops, conferences and tours of key water regions across California and the Southwest, bringing attendees up close to dams and other water infrastructure, wildlife areas, farms and other sites involved in water.

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Announcement September 4, 2019

Northern California Tour Explores Water Resources Across Sacramento Valley to Shasta Dam
Examine state and federal water projects key to California's urban and agricultural supplies on Oct. 2-4 tour

Get an up-close look at some of California’s key water reservoirs and learn about farming operations, salmon habitat restoration, flood management and wetlands on our Northern California Water Tour Oct. 2-4.

Each year, participants on the tour enjoy three days exploring the Sacramento Valley during the temperate fall. Join us as we travel through a scenic landscape along the Sacramento and Feather rivers to learn about issues associated with storing and delivering the state’s water supply.

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