Secure Water Future is a collaborative of investigators from across the semi-arid western US aiming to improve agricultural and environmental water resilience. To achieve climate change adaptation in western agriculture and ecosystems, we need better information and flexible institutions for our most precious resource—water.

Currently funded by the US Department of Agriculture, the team combines the expertise of researchers, extension specialists, and educators working across California, New Mexico, and Utah with applicability to the western US and beyond.

The Climate Adaptation Science Academy Experiential Learning Expedition (CASA ELE) is a summer learning opportunity wherein graduate students receive training from academic experts and water leadership organizations. Each summer, we take affiliated graduate students on a headwaters-to-field trip in one of our case study states (California, Utah, and New Mexico).

Super Soaker Water Academy is a week-long program that teaches students all about water and how it is stored and used in California. By the end of the week, students have participated in water activities to teach them the relationship between water, agriculture, climate change, and how we can use technology to help our water systems. The program includes a kayaking field trip on Lake Yosemite.