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Antioch desalination plant could boost local water supply, KneeDeep Times, November 2025

In September 2025, a long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar desalination plant began treating water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to cover nearly half the water needs of the City of Antioch. The plant is one of at least 37 desalination facilities in operation in California as the state works to diversify its water supply.

As the Bay Area’s salt pond restoration project moves forward, a tiny threatened shorebird remains under the watchful eye of biologists, The Six Fifty, July 2025

The pivotal project restoring salt ponds to wetlands will also reduce habitat for the western snowy plover just as its population is rising. Biologists and salt pond project organizers agree that as the restoration work continues, balancing the needs of all bayshore wildlife, including endangered wetland species and plovers, is critical. 

The CZU Fire burned more than 24K acres across Big Basin and nearby state parks. Here’s how they’re recovering – and building resilience for the future, The Six Fifty, November 2024

Recovery from the CZU Fire at local state parks has been measured in milestones not over months, but years. And in the midst of all the restoration work, California State Parks and partnering agencies have turned their attention toward strengthening the resilience of forests to wildfires and climate change.