[2] Gass addresses environmental issues through her art, such as the destruction of wetlands, water conservation and resource management, habitat restoration, and the need for more sustainable development.

[1] Her work addresses the challenging environmental impact brought on by development, primarily to areas of California and other western states.

Due to weather conditions and drought, the Rim Fire smoldered for over a year before it was declared fully extinguished, profoundly impacting the Tuolumne River Watershed.

It measures 21"x26.25" and visually recreates the unsustainably irrigated farmland and depleted soil topography of the once desert Central Valley (California), representing development-related problems, water resource management issues, and the human impact on the land.

The title of the work is a reference to extractive agricultural practices, regarded by Gass as the second major mining of California lands.

[24][5][26] Gass' work, [San Joaquin Merced Revival,[26] was part of an art conference exhibition in a series themed "Confluence".

[26] It is paired with the Chinook Salmon that has now been endangered due to the disappearing river confluence and the diversions of water blocked by the Friant Dam which forced the fish out of their original habitats.

[29][1] This exhibition featured many of her silk paintings of aerial views of the water landscape as well as different interactive displays, films, and installation pieces.