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Renewable Natural Resources

Science and Policy Seminar @ Davidson College

Case Study: California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014

April 7, 2016 By Fuji Lozada

Paso Robles Water Basin
Paso Robles Water Basin
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 requires the formation of local groundwater sustainability agencies that must assess conditions in their local basins and adopt locally-based management plans. The act provides substantial time – 20 years – for GSAs to implement and achieve long-term groundwater sustainability. It protects existing surface water and groundwater rights and does not impact current drought response measures.

Our task in Paso Robles is to create our local GSA’s. According to the SGMA, GSAs must self-identify by June 30, 2017. We need to create a locally-controlled public water district with a nine-member board that consists of six landowners who must own land and live in or nearby the Basin plus three at-large members who must be registered voters within the proposed district boundaries and must live in the Basin.

The question for tonight is who should be on that nine-member board. This hybrid governance structure must represent the rural residents, ranchers, farmers, and vineyard owners in the Basin. It must also use evidence-based management in designing the 20 year plan for the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin.

Filed Under: Announcements, California Drought

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Spring 2016

Tuesday/Thursday 12:15- 1:30pm
Chambers 3106

This interdisciplinary course will focus on developing a scientific understanding of natural resources and their use by humans, and how renewable resources are then used, overused, managed and conserved by humans. We will primarily consider modern methods of resource management, including adaptive and ecosystem-based management.

We will address natural resource and environmental issues from an ecosystem and a policy perspective. Through case studies, readings, class discussions, and knowledge construction, you will learn more about ecosystem ecology and management policies and approaches, and then apply your knowledge to identify management principles that are consistent with a more holistic ecosystem approach to resource management. You will apply your knowledge to develop a case study of use and management of one natural resource.
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