Resource Library
Welcome to our Resource Library – a growing collection of tools, reports, guides, technical references, websites, and other resources that may be useful throughout the Sequoias to the Sloughs initiative. Resources are organized by topic to make them easier to explore, and the Library will be updated regularly as new resources are identified. If there's a resource you think would be valuable to include, please email Laima Diaz at laima@aginnovations.org, and we’ll consider adding it to this list. We encourage you to check back periodically as the Library evolves alongside this initiative.
PLANNING & POLICY
Watershed & Water Planning
- CA Water Plan Update 2028
- DWR Watershed Resilience Program
- San Joaquin Basin Watershed Studies | DWR
- Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley
- Secure Water Future
- San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program
- Ecosystem Restoration Plan for the Central San Joaquin Valley | Sequoia Riverlands Trust
- CA 4th Climate Change Assessment

Graphic showing the many partners involved in watershed networks for equitable multi-sector collaboration and the climate resilience challenges they face (CA Department of Water Resources)
Local Planning Documents
- Tulare County Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (CARP)
- Tulare County General Plan
- Tulare County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2023
- Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure and Planning Policy Study | Tulare County
- Drought and Water Shortage Risk Analysis and Response Plan 2025 | Tulare County
- Flood Information | Tulare County
WATER DATA & MAPPING
Groundwater
- SGMA Portal
- SGMA Best Management Practices
- GeoTracker | State Water Resources Control Board
- CA Groundwater Sustainability Agencies
- Tule Subbasin | State Water Resources Control Board
- Managing Groundwater with Small Farms in Mind | CAFF (2026)
Hydrology & Monitoring
- California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)
- CA Data Exchange Center
- California Water Science Center | U.S. Geological Survey
- Flood Information | Tulare County
- Flood Management Program Portal | Department of Water Resources
- California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS)
- Weather Generator Gridded Data | DWR
- Tulare Lake Basin Water Alliance
Mapping Tools
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
- Vulnerable Community Platform and Climate Vulnerability Mapping Tool | Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- California Water Institute (CWI) – Providing Innovative Leadership in Water, Energy and Air Resources
- UC WATER Security and Sustainability Research Initiative
- Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center | Fresno State
- Center for Irrigation Technology | Fresno State
- Sierra Nevada Research Institute | UC Merced
- Critical Zone Collaborative Network
- San Joaquin Experimental Range NEON / SJER
- San Joaquin Experimental Range | US Forest Service Research and Development
- Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems | Chico State
- West Side Research & Extension Center | UCANR
- Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center | UCANR
- Experimental Smart Farm | UC Merced
- Farm of the Future | Coalinga College
AGRICULTURE & WORKING LANDS
FOREST & WILDFIRE
- Sequoia National Forest
- California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force
- Forest Management Handbook for Small-Parcel Landowners in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Range | USDA
- Forest Stewardship Program | CAL FIRE
- Fire Hazard Severity Zones | CAL FIRE
- KNP Complex Fire - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks | U.S. National Park Service
- The 2021 KNP Complex Fire and Windy Fire Impacts on Sequoias
- Windy Fire | CAL FIRE
- KNP Complex | CAL FIRE
