About Us

Laura Harnish

Regional Director

Land, Water & Wildlife Program

San Francisco, CA Office

Work

Works closely with all programs and departments in California. Works with our California water and climate teams to advocate for water conservation, "user-pays" policies for proposed new infrastructure and market-based solutions to water supply management in the face of challenges posed by global warming.

On the national front, she also assists our efforts to protect and restore the coastal Louisiana wetlands, the Colorado River Delta and the San Francisco Bay Delta, as well as improving water law and policy in Texas and Colorado.

Background

M.L.A , University of California, Berkeley

Senior Water Resources Planner/Project Manager, CH2M HILL, CA (1987--2006); Watershed and Public Affairs Intern, EBMUD (1985-1987)