UC DAVIS: California rice and wildlife report released UC Davis Ecosystems February 28, 2025Rice fields provide vital habitat for snakes, birds and fish By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis From ducks and cranes to...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California rice fields offer threatened migratory waterbirds a lifeline Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife January 13, 2025Conservation groups are working with Central Valley farmers to restore critical habitat for wetland birds struggling to subsist on a...
THIS JUST IN … California’s floodplains at the heart of landmark agreement: State and federal agencies unite to address climate resilience through landscape-scale investment CA Natural Resources Agency EcosystemsPolicy and regulation October 23, 2024MOU to improve communications between agencies, enhance flood protection, create and protect habitat for fish and wildlife, increase long-term health...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert Agriculture October 25, 2023By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
COMMENTARY: The true fish story: How farmers are helping salmon Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryFish and wildlife September 22, 2021By Danny Merkley, California Farm Bureau Federation As a fourth-generation Sacramento Valley farmer and the California Farm Bureau’s director of...
AG ALERT: Use of rice fields as salmon habitat shows promise Ag Alert Ecosystems March 17, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Salmon reared in rice fields grow faster and larger than those from a hatchery and...
FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features August 21, 2019Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...
Farms as floodplains: A summary after five years of experimental flooding of agricultural land Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features August 25, 2016Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
