Babbitt, Christina

Author Description

Christina is the Senior Manager of the California Groundwater Program at the Environmental Defense Fund. She and the rest of the California Groundwater Program are working to reform water transfer policy in California and to launch replicable groundwater sustainability pilot projects across California’s Central Valley. In these efforts, Christina works to build partnerships in the agricultural community, foster collaboration among NGOs, agencies, water districts, and agricultural partners, and contributes technical expertise on water governance structure and design. Her areas of expertise include water resources management; water policy; groundwater management; adaptive management and resilience of impaired watersheds; institutional design and governance; social-ecological systems; and strategic planning.

Authored Reports

Sustainable Groundwater Management (Edited Excerpts) — The Future of Groundwater in California: Lessons in Sustainable Management from Across the West