From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its second round of assessments of groundwater sustainability plans developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The first round of assessments was announced in June....
DWR prepares for another dry year At the September 2021 meeting, John Yarbrough, Assistant Deputy Director of the SWP, briefed the Commission on the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Project is addressing the ongoing drought conditions and...
Researchers find that maintaining genetic variation is critical to allowing wild populations to survive, reproduce, and adapt to future environmental...
By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Three years of studies on commercial fields point to the conclusion that many desert region baby spinach and lettuce growers could reduce nitrogen applications, some by as much as 70 pounds an acre, without damaging...
Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was primarily a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would melt, swelling the rivers beyond their banks and casting the young fish out onto the floodplains. There they would stay...
In this issue: Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture Climatological Context for California’s Ongoing Drought, by John Abatzoglou California Farms Adjust to Drought, by Daniel A . Sumner, Carlyn Marsh, Quaid Moore, Scott Somerville, and Josué Medellín-Azuara Drought Impacts...
