DWR contracted with Dudek to develop K-12 educational materials for school districts and educators statewide to conduct communication and engagement and help identify the needs, risks, and vulnerabilities of Tribes and other underrepresented communities (URCs) with respect to the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Through the process, and in collaboration with the DWR Tribal Liaison, the URC Technical Assistance Program (URC TA Program) and Executive sta determined that making the Tribal Water Stories into graphic novels would be highly beneficial to continued outreach to Tribes and to teach California youth the importance of water and its connection to California Native America Tribes.
DWR intends to continue developing more graphical novels using the Tribal Water Stories in its ongoing e ort in outreaching and educating youth on the importance of water, where their water comes from, what groundwater is, how groundwater is connected to surface water, and many other water supply and quality related topics. Video links for the animation of these graphical novels will be added to the URC TA Program when available. For updates on the K-12
educational materials, URC TA Program, and more Tribal Water Story graphical novels, please visit www.water.ca.gov/urctaprogram or email the URC TA Program at SGM_TA@water.ca.gov.
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