AG ALERT: Cover crops offer water-holding benefits Ag Alert AgricultureGroundwater News July 17, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As farmers statewide prepare for anticipated cutbacks to groundwater under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,...
EDWARD RING: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies Ag Alert CommentaryWildfires and watersheds July 11, 2024By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...
AG ALERT: Climate-smart practices help dairies, nourish crops Ag Alert AgricultureWater quality June 26, 2024By Vicky Boyd, Ag Alert Prompted by drought-induced water allocation cutbacks in 2014, the diversified DeJager Farms began looking at...
AG ALERT: Klamath Basin leaders call for full water allocation Ag Alert Agriculture June 12, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Due to significant economic impacts to farmers and others in the Klamath Basin, county leaders...
AG ALERT: Program to delay harvest protects birds and farmers Ag Alert AgricultureEcosystems June 12, 2024By Ching Lee, Ag Alert For multiple years, Simon Vander Woude’s Merced County dairy farm has served as a refuge...
AG ALERT: Habitat concerns muddle Colorado River water plan Ag Alert AgricultureColorado River June 5, 2024For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use,...
AG ALERT: Proposed rules on water quality may overwhelm San Diego farmers Ag Alert Agriculture May 22, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farmers in San Diego County say proposed water quality regulations that establish updated general waste...
AG ALERT: Rice planting ramps up after slower start Ag Alert Agriculture May 15, 2024By Ching Lee, Ag Alert After a storm dumped more than an inch of water on parts of Northern California...
AG ALERT: Steelhead protections could bring new water restrictions Ag Alert Policy and regulation May 8, 2024By Christine Souza A state determination that Southern California steelhead trout merit additional protections could mean tighter water restrictions, according...
AG ALERT: Agencies race to fix plans to sustain groundwater levels Ag Alert Groundwater News May 1, 2024California State Water Resources Control Board staff members have recommended probationary status for the Tule Subbasin in the Tulare County...
AG ALERT: Probation under SGMA will cost the region, farmers say Ag Alert Groundwater News April 24, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farmers in the critically overdrafted Tulare Lake Subbasin in the San Joaquin Valley are bracing...
AG ALERT: Land-use bill taps farmland for solar sites Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation April 17, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Proposed state legislation to modify California’s longstanding farmland conservation law could pave the way for...
AG ALERT: Klamath irrigators express frustration over allocation Ag Alert Agriculture April 17, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Despite favorable conditions in the Klamath Basin, irrigators say the initial federal water allocation falls...
AG ALERT: Despite wet year, fish protections limit allocations Ag Alert Water project operations April 3, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert State and federal water providers have increased promised allocations after accounting for recent storms that...
AG ALERT: Court green lights state’s flows plan, rejects all claims Ag Alert Agriculture March 27, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A state plan that requires affected water users to leave unimpaired flows of 30% to...
