Living Rivers Council currently is focusing on the Napa River watershed where we are protecting the River by protesting water diversions and advocating for adequate pollution controls through the Clean Water Act, Total Maximum Daily Load allocations by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board, SFRWQCB. The Napa River is the second largest watershed in San Pablo Bay or the San Francisco Estuary. The heath of the Napa River is vital to the health of  the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. New information is telling us that nutrient and mercury pollution is causing water quality problems in the oceans resulting in algae mats forming in the ocean.       

For more information regarding stream flows in California see this website:
www.ourstreamsflow.org
  
    A “living” river system functions properly when it conveys variable flows and is able to store water in the floodplain. It also balances sediment input with sediment transport, providing good quality fish and wildife habitat. A healthy river is able to maintain good water quality and quantity while providing recreation and aesthetic values. A “living “river conveys equilibrium and harmony with all that it touches and resonates this through the human and natural environment. The LRC was formed to defend Living River Principals. When the voters passed Measure A, a half cent sales in 1998, it provided the county with tax dollars to develop flood management throughout the County. However, with this windfall of tax dollars some are using the money to degrade the river in the name of 'restoration'. Measure A and 'Living River Principals' must be defended and the River protected from bad flood control development.
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Goals & Objectives
 
Goal: prevent riparian habitat destruction.
Objective: invoke legal means to protect aquatic life, streams and rivers.

Goal: Maintain instream flows.
Objective: Work with property owners to maintain instream flows.

Goal: provide conservation and protection through alternative projects to proposed destructive projects in riparian zones, wetlands, marsh and delta habitats.
Objective: work directly with property owners to achieve alternative projects that achieve conservation/restoration of aquatic habitats.

Goal: prevent pollution to the waters of the state
Objective: use water laws to prevent pollution
Objective: advocate for clean water through written comments to lead agencies on projects that may cause pollution.
Objective: report pollution of waters of the state to local enforcement or the State Water Resource Control Board

Goal: encourage voluntary watershed stewardships
Objective: help organize watershed stewardships

Goal: Use all available means to get our message out to the public
Objective: letters to the editor, interviews, websites and articles where ever possible