Meet Harrison Frith! A college freshman and environmental activist who spearheaded the Bird Box project during his senior year of high school in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Preparing to build bird boxes for the Bluebird and the Barn Owl, Wholly H2O’s planned event kept getting postponed further and further. As [...]
Recently, I put a query out on a citizen science email list. “Who is doing watershed-related citizen science?” While I am indeed writing a separate blog on this topic, it was a trick question of sorts because the truth is that wherever you are, you’re in a watershed of some scale and [...]
In California, the 2011-2017 drought had some stunning silver linings, notably a more acute personal awareness of water use. The impacts of drought and climate change yielded scarce water flows and depleted groundwater supplies that focused people’s attention on cutting back on water use. People were themselves experiencing unusual heat, seeing the […]
To reach the hearts of the public, Wholly H2O has hit the streets, art galleries, and taps around the Bay Area and in the upper watershed regions of California. By launching two intertwined campaings, “Standing with the Watershed Campaign and What’s On Tap? Campaign, Wholly H2O is writing the names of some rivers on bathroom and art gallery […]
Where is the water running through your own watershed? For many of us living in urban areas of California, that question is not only hard to answer, but not even a question that ever crosses our minds. In many urban zones, the local potable water supply (used for both potable and nonpotable […]
“The Role of Water Conservation and Reuse in Watershed Management”, presented by Elizabeth Dougherty, PhD at the Northbay Watershed Association Board Meeting. The North Bay Watershed Association is a group of 16 regional and local public agencies located throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Napa Counties. The NBWA has been created to bring together […]
