It’s that time of year again — birdsong is in the air, the hills are turning brown and the big rubber inflatable dam on the Russian River near Forestville is getting pumped full of air. 

The Sonoma County Water Agency will start inflating the dam Monday and it could take from four days to two weeks to get the thing completely full. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.