SAWPA News

SAWPA Announces Hiring of Watershed Manager

Riverside, CA – Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority has named Matthew Howard, a longtime water resources and water quality manager with statewide water management experience, to the position of watershed manager.

In his new role, […]

By |Monday, March 25, 2019|OWOW, Round Table, Uncategorized|Comments Off|

2017 Riverwalk

Circulation of the Latest Riverwalk Habitat Survey Data

Results from the 2017 Santa Ana Riverwalk, which was conducted on October 25, 2017, have been uploaded into the annually updated Riverwalk Atlas. The Atlas provides a […]

By |Friday, July 20, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off|

Sediment Management in the Watershed

In December 2017 the One Water One Watershed (OWOW) Pillar Integration Meeting focused on the challenges and opportunities of sediment management in the watershed. This focus was requested by the stakeholders of the OWOW […]

By |Thursday, March 8, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off|

Finding Solutions to a Wicked Problem

After a successful Homelessness and Water Symposium held in June 2017¹ , SAWPA and the Inland Empire Waterkeeper partnered to hold a follow-up symposium on December 7th at the Fullerton Public Library Conference Center. […]

By |Thursday, January 4, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off|

Homelessness & Water Symposium

Members of the water and social services sectors from across the Santa Ana River Watershed convened at a symposium last month to identify connections between the challenges of homelessness and water management. The event […]

By |Thursday, August 17, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off|

Giant Reed and the Santa Ana River Mitigation Bank

The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA), in collaboration with Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Santa Ana Watershed Association, has been working on a way to wipe out the invasive […]

By |Tuesday, July 18, 2017|Round Table|Comments Off|

Community Engagement Interns Available to Assist Watershed Agencies, NGOs

The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority is pleased to announce and invite public agencies and 501c3 organizations to participate in the Community Water Internship program. Through the program, students from California State University campuses […]

By |Thursday, July 13, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off|

2016 Riverwalk Results

2016 Riverwalk Results

Results from the 2016 Santa Ana Riverwalk, which was conducted on October 6, 2016, have been uploaded into the annually updated Riverwalk Atlas. The Atlas provides a map-based summary of the data […]

By |Thursday, November 17, 2016|Round Table|Comments Off|

2015 Riverwalk Results

2015 Riverwalk Results

Results from the Santa Ana Riverwalk have been documented in the annually updated Riverwalk Atlas. The Atlas provides a map-based summary of the data collected during the annual survey event.

The data reflected […]

By |Tuesday, May 24, 2016|Round Table|Comments Off|

Recent News on the Forests

The Forest First Program was created because the national forests encompass approximately 30% of the Santa Ana River Watershed’s land mass and receive 90% of its annual precipitation. It was designed as a collaborative […]

By |Monday, November 2, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off|