Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California's rural counties.
Andy Fecko, Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) General Manager was awarded the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) 2024 Excellence in Water Leadership Award on May 8th for his leadership and commitment to water resource issues, especially in reducing fuel load in our National Forest system lands. At PCWA, Fecko manages several billion dollars of infrastructure that must be operational at all times, including during and after wildfires that have become more common and destructive in the past decade. In response to the devastating Kings Fire in 2014, Fecko led the region’s creation of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project – a public/private forest health partnership. The project consists of 30,000 acres of ecological thinning within the Tahoe National Forest. This is a first-of-its-kind project that established the formula for success in California forest management, which is based on collaboration.