AG ALERT: Water cuts leave hard choices for farmers Ag Alert Agriculture April 13, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Hit with a third consecutive year of drought, farmers on the west side of the...
AG ALERT: Klamath farmers facing water cuts Ag Alert Water project operations April 13, 2022By Ag Alert Food production along the California-Oregon border will likely be significantly curtailed after the federal government announced Monday...
COMMENTARY: Improved data on protecting salmon can help farms Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryFish and wildlife April 6, 2022By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition Farms require water to grow the healthy local food supply we depend on....
AG ALERT: Delta water cutbacks weigh on farmers Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation August 11, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his...
AG ALERT: State water board adopts Delta curtailments Ag Alert Policy and regulationWater rights and water law August 4, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday unanimously adopted emergency curtailments and reporting...
AG ALERT: Rural California hammered as drought spreads Ag Alert AgricultureCurrent Conditions July 14, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With depleted reservoirs and limited water supplies across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week expanded...
COMMENTARY: Water: We can go on fighting or we can get to work Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary May 26, 2021By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...
AG ALERT: Irrigation districts look to transfers as water dwindles Ag Alert Water supply augmentation May 19, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With very little water to spare this drought year, water districts struggling with limited or...
AG ALERT: Farmers grapple with implications of water cuts Ag Alert Agriculture May 12, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In water-stressed farming areas of California, farmers removed productive trees and idled other land to...
AG ALERT: Drought spreads water shortages throughout state Ag Alert Agriculture April 21, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The 2020-21 California drought has led to significant water cutbacks, compelling farmers to fallow ground...
AG ALERT: Klamath Basin farmers anticipate little to no water Ag Alert Agriculture April 14, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With a water allocation announcement expected this week from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Drought Erased 25 Cubic Miles of Central Valley’s Groundwater Courthouse News Service Groundwater News May 22, 2017A recent study says California’s Central Valley – one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world – lost...
Sacto Valley water managers respond to NRDC et al lawsuit: Statements of illegal diversions and federal mismanagement are unsubstantiated, they say Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Water rights and water law November 11, 2015Sacramento Valley rice growers say they have voluntarily deferred diversions and taken other actions to reduce drought impacts on fish...
This just in … Enviro groups sue Reclamation and rice growers for mismanagement leading to demise of near-extinct salmon Conservation organizations & coalitions Water rights and water law November 10, 2015Illegal Diversion of Water Threatens to End Chinook Salmon Survival in California, they say From the NRDC, this press release:...
Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 21, 2015Dr. Jay Lund, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, and Dr. Peter Moyle discuss the drought impacts at the State of the Estuary...