Watershed Progressive

04/02/2024

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01/17/2024

We're hiring! We're looking for dedicated people who believe they have the skills & ambition to work in a creative, multi-disciplinary environment. Check out Careers page for current job openings.

https://www.watershedprogressive.com/careers

01/17/2024

Did you know the VCRCD has a "fire wise" garden? Come check it out to learn about some helpful guidelines for designing your home landscape.

Free tours are running from January 9th - March 7th!
Register for your 30 minute time slot by scanning the QR code or click the link below

https://conta.cc/3S4aRdG

11/28/2023

"An ecological restoration project...has begun with students, faculty, and staff planting about 45 native coast live oaks. This first phase focuses on an area where Montecito Fire removed many dead and dying eucalyptus trees last summer.

The project has been fully funded by the Regional Wildfire Mitigation Program (RWMP) Landscape Domain with work so far amounting to about $32,000. Spatial Informatics Group-Natural Assets Laboratory (SIG-NAL) is developing the project, managing the work and facilitating projects to accomplish ecosystem science goals while increasing wildfire resilience in the wildland urban interface.

They’ve worked with several consultants on the project, including Watershed Progressive, a consulting collaborative, and Dave Muffly, a senior arborist and horticulturist with Oaktopia...."

An ecological restoration project near the Westmont campus has begun with students, faculty, and staff planting about 45 native coast live oaks. This first phase focuses on an area where Montecito Fire removed many dead and dying eucalyptus trees last summer along the Westmont Creek between the Las....

07/26/2023

Join our team! Check our Careers page for current openings - please share with your networks!

06/22/2023

Watershed Progressive is hiring! Join our team in working to create beautiful ecologically sustainable landscapes -- Visit our Careers page to see currently open positions, and check back as we'll be posting more soon. Please share with your communities and networks. Thank you!

09/20/2022

02/09/2022

Please join us this Saturday! If you can't be there please fill out this survey https://forms.gle/HYeVutFR8TnvEduc9
Thank you!

Hello friends, collaborators and community leaders,

Please join us for a brief presentation and conversation Saturday February 12th at 1pm to share your ideas for enhancing the Ventura River Regional Parkway trail (also known as the Ojai-Ventura bike path)

When: Saturday February 12th at 1pm

Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86233988347?pwd=cmM1c0U2akF1WDkrVTFwaFdaZk9lQT09

What: At 1:00 we will be giving a short 10 min. Presentation on The Ventura River Watershed Regional Parkway Trail Analysis and Planning Project. We will then have time for questions and discussion.

Forward this email to anyone you think may be interested including those that live along the bike path! Please see the survey link below.

A little more info:
The Ventura River Regional Parkway Trail (also known as the Ojai -Ventura Bike Path) is one of the planning projects under the Ventura Watershed Instream Flow Enhancement and Regional Framework grant funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board. Along with our project partners, Watershed Progressive has been working on a high-level analysis of opportunities along the trail that can provide multiple benefits to the community and environment while also contributing to enhancing instream flow. These opportunities include raingardens and bioswales to slow down and clean stormwater runoff as well as rainwater harvesting, climate appropriate planting and greywater reuse to save water.

We would like your input on community and ecological priorities such as shade, habitat enhancement, education, safety, recreation, and stream health. We will incorporate your valuable feedback into our analysis and final report. The goal of this analysis is to identify projects along the trail that would bring the most benefit to the community, and the watershed ecosystem while also enhancing the quality and quantity of water in the Ventura River to protect endangered steelhead habitat.

If you cannot make the presentation and discussion we would still love to receive your input.

Link to survey is here https://forms.gle/HYeVutFR8TnvEduc9

Thank you in advance for your valuable time!

Aja Bulla-Richards on behalf of Watershed Progressive, VCRCD and the VRIF Project team

12/14/2021

We are proud to be the creative collective and producers of this podcast episode that holds so many crucial conceptual and physical tools for enhancing water and land resilience for Californians. Give it a listen!

https://anchor.fm/watershedprogressive/episodes/4-Planting-the-Rain-An-Urgent-Conversation-with-Rainwater-Harvesting-Guru-Brad-Lancaster-e1bi2ip

Brad Lancaster’s ideas are practical, radical, and urgently needed. In this episode Brad describes how he began harvesting street runoff at his home in the Sonoran Desert, where he now harvests 100,000 gallons per year on just 1/8th of an acre. Brad’s rainwater harvesting methods grew into a citywide movement toward regenerative hydration practices in his hometown of Tucson. His easy-to-implement strategies for water resilience are economical and readily adoptable. With California in hydrological deficit—and as climate change exacerbates the scarcity wrought by overallocation—this conversation with Brad contains both essential inspiration and practical tools you can apply at your home, not only survive the ongoing drought and reduce your water cost, but to enhance the quality and abundance of your life.

For more information on Brad Lancaster’s work: www.harvestingrainwater.com and www.NeighborhoodForesters.org

Episode Host: Peter Deneen
Sound editing and mixing: Ryan Evans
Music: Todd Hannigan
Original interview with Brad Lancaster: Charles Upton

This podcast was made possible with funding and support by creative collective and producer Watershed Progressive Tuolumne County Resource Conservation District, the CA Department of Water Resources, and the residents of California who supported Prop 84.

03/30/2021

Watershed restoration builds community—wonderful to see generations coming together to work for a better future for all!

This year alone, 100+ volunteers of all ages have planted over 700 California native plants at Middle Stewart Canyon Creek! This is what community driven restoration looks like!! Thank you to our committed partners: City of Ojai, OVLC, CREW and to everyone who showed up and helped make this first phase of restoration a success! Our final volunteer event of the season will be Saturday, April 17th from 9am-noon in celebration of Earth Day. Hope to see you there!