AG ALERT: Program to delay harvest protects birds and farmers Ag Alert News June 12, 2024 158By 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 News June 5, 2024 133For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use,...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Are farm fields a hidden source of microplastics? Alastair Bland Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features May 30, 2024 608By Alastair Bland I first tuned in to murmurs about plastic pollution in the late 1980s, when my mom would...
SJV WATER: Cover crops could enhance groundwater recharge – a lot – but agencies aren’t embracing the concept SJV Water News May 24, 2024 231By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Cover crops could be an important tool in groundwater management but are being unintentionally disincentivized...
AG ALERT: Proposed rules on water quality may overwhelm San Diego farmers Ag Alert News May 22, 2024 90By 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 News May 15, 2024 161By Ching Lee, Ag Alert After a storm dumped more than an inch of water on parts of Northern California...
PNNL: Peak Water: Do We Have Enough Groundwater to Meet Future Need? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory News May 10, 2024 236Though vast stores of groundwater persist below Earth’s surface, the climbing cost of accessing it is on track to significantly...
AG ALERT: Steelhead protections could bring new water restrictions Ag Alert News May 8, 2024 358By 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 News May 1, 2024 355California State Water Resources Control Board staff members have recommended probationary status for the Tule Subbasin in the Tulare County...
DAN WALTERS: As California cracks down on groundwater, what will happen to fallowed farmland? Cal Matters News April 30, 2024 304California water regulators are cracking down on the overuse of groundwater by farmers. Enforcement could prompt them to idle thousands...
AG ALERT: Probation under SGMA will cost the region, farmers say Ag Alert News April 24, 2024 338By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farmers in the critically overdrafted Tulare Lake Subbasin in the San Joaquin Valley are bracing...
GRIST: The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer Grist News April 20, 2024 206Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It’s full of forever chemicals. By Zoya Teirstein This story was originally...
AG ALERT: Land-use bill taps farmland for solar sites Ag Alert News April 17, 2024 209By 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 News April 17, 2024 227By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Despite favorable conditions in the Klamath Basin, irrigators say the initial federal water allocation falls...
CA FARM WATER COALITION: The critical connection between farm water and our food supply CA Farm Water Coalition Press Release/Other April 10, 2024 178Press release from the California Farm Water Coalition: The California Farm Water Coalition has released two new fact sheets that...
