Joint Letter in Response to DWR Resources Report Jun 1, 2017 Comment Letters Agencies: California Natural Resources Agency, California Department of Food and Agriculture, and California Environmental Protection Agency Subject: Response to Department of Water Resources Report – Stakeholder Perspectives: Recommendations for Sustaining and Strengthening Integrated Regional Water Management Letter excerpt: We urge California’s Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and Agriculture to advance the Stakeholder Perspectives report to further the proposed recommendations for sustaining and strengthening IRWM. The recommendations are consistent with the findings of the Governor’s California Water Action Plan and promote improved water management at the region level. The State must renew its partnership with IRWM regions by continue to work closely with IRWM practitioners, disadvantaged communities (DACs), California Native American Tribes (Tribes), and other stakeholders ti implement the actions described in the Stakeholders Perspectives report. The State has made significant investments to-date, including the passage of Proposition 50, Proposition 84, and most recently Proposition 1, in understanding water-related needs across the state, building capacity of communities to further water management development, and continuing meaningful participation of water resource managers, DACs, Tribes, and other stakeholders in IRWM. California’s water resources and the future of those who depend on them are at stake. Too much has been invested by local agencies and the State to allow this crucial opportunity for progress to pass us by. Download joint letter
