Council for Watershed Health works to advance healthy watersheds for healthy communities in SoCal through science-based research and community engagement.
CWH was founded in 1996 by Dorothy Green to preserve, restore and enhance the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watersheds. For twenty years, CWH has worked to promote more efficient use of stormwater resources by providing leadership, guidance, and technical assistance to agencies and organizations to affect sound watershed planning and management. We have a proven track record of strengthening coordination of regional watershed planning, measuring and tracking progress towards achieving healthier urban environments and fostering a regional landscape ethic that reduces water use through the planting of native and regionally appropriate vegetation. Today, our programs reflect the complexity of water resiliency in a changing climate and continue to address diverse themes such as, urban stormwater capture and recharge, community capacity building in multi-benefit green infrastructure projects, watershed monitoring and the implementation of sustainable
landscapes.
To advance the health and sustainability of our region’s watersheds - its rivers, streams and habitats in natural areas and urban neighborhoods.
We do this through science-based research, education and inclusive stakeholder engagement.
GIS/Cartographic Services; Groundwater Modeling analyses; Regional Management Plans; Watershed Symposium Series; Watershed Wise magazine; "Stormwater: Asset, Not Liability"
