Water contributor: Meghan Hertel Meghan Hertel is interim state codirector and director of Land and Water Conservation at Audubon California. John McManus is executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/meghan-hertel/rss en Lessons Learned 25 Years After Landmark California Water Reform Law Environment & Wildlife Law & Policy Mon, 13 Nov 2017 03:06:42 +0000 John McManus, Meghan Hertel https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/11/13/lessons-learned-25-years-after-landmark-california-water-reform-law https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/11/13/lessons-learned-25-years-after-landmark-california-water-reform-law The Central Valley Project Improvement Act was an ambitious effort toward balanced and sustainable water policy and it holds lessons for today, write Audubon’s Meghan Hertel and Golden Gate Salmon Association’s John McManus. Why a New Water Recycling Plant Is Good for Wildlife Environment & Wildlife Innovation Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:41:19 +0000 Meghan Hertel https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/09/06/why-a-new-water-recycling-plant-is-good-for-wildlife https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/09/06/why-a-new-water-recycling-plant-is-good-for-wildlife A water recycling plant in the Central Valley will provide water to farmers and wildlife refuges. The water comes at a critical time for waterfowl, which have suffered during California’s five-year drought, says wildlife expert Meghan Hertel. Central Valley Wildlife Refuges Are Short of Water Environment & Wildlife Management & Supply Wed, 11 May 2016 09:05:56 +0000 Meghan Hertel https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/05/11/central-valley-wildlife-refuges-are-short-of-water https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/05/11/central-valley-wildlife-refuges-are-short-of-water Meghan Hertel, Audubon California’s Working Lands director, writes that often-vilified Central Valley wildlife refuges are still not getting their full federal water allocations.