By Jane Sooby The Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s Public Listening Session #1 was held October 1, 2025, in Rancho Cordova and via Zoom. The expert panel has been convened to advise the California State Water Board on next steps...
Li Li (李黎), Penn State When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and unbearable summer afternoons. These heat waves dominate the headlines because we feel them directly. Rivers, on the other hand, are often...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Rural Kern County residents have a higher likelihood of drinking water tainted with unhealthful levels of contaminants than their southern California neighbors, thanks, in part to Kern’s hodgepodge of small, under resourced water systems, according...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California water officials consider changes to the state’s regulatory framework for nitrogen applications and discharges by farms that irrigate, those representing growers who rely on nitrogen fertilizers say more data and time are needed...
By Eve-Lyn Hinckley, University of Colorado Boulder The wetlands found across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just below tree line are magical places. Dripping with mosses and deep green sedges, these open expanses flanked by evergreens are a breathtaking sight...
