Member Group Profile

Foothills Water Network (M)

PO Box 713
Lotus, CA 95651

phone: 530.622.8497
fax: 530.622.4350

email: julie@foothillswaternetwork.org


Sphere of Influence: Yuba, Bear, American watersheds

Areas of Interest: The Foothills Water Network provides a forum that increases the effectiveness of conservation organizations to achieve river and watershed restoration and protection benefits for the Yuba, Bear, and American. This includes negotiations at the county, state, and federal levels, with an immediate focus on the simultaneous FERC relicensings taking place from 2007-2013 . To an extraordinary degree, the waters of the Yuba, Bear, and American watersheds mix from headwaters through tunnels and canals between basins. Therefore, for the conservation community to succeed in restoring degraded resources in the Yuba, Bear and American watersheds through the hydropower relicensing process, representatives of private and public entities, watershed groups, and advocacy groups must engage in a coordinated discussion. Accordingly, specific objectives of the Foothills Water Network include: 1) Facilitating a dialogue on cross-basin issues and strategies to enhance overall watershed balance; 2) Working towards a common “vision” for overall watershed health across the basins; 3) Analyzing the Yuba, Bear, and American (NF and MF) as the “problemshed” in order to explore constructive interbasin solutions; 4) Conducting public outreach to raise awareness of water supply issues and the unique opportunities in the three interlinked watersheds.