SJV WATER: Madera County farmland conversion program gets underway with $10 million in state funds Maven News October 5, 2024 221By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Land owners can now officially submit proposals to Madera County to convert their ag land...
DAN WALTERS: As California cracks down on groundwater, what will happen to fallowed farmland? Cal Matters News April 30, 2024 301California water regulators are cracking down on the overuse of groundwater by farmers. Enforcement could prompt them to idle thousands...
AG ALERT: Land-use bill taps farmland for solar sites Ag Alert News April 17, 2024 183By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Proposed state legislation to modify California’s longstanding farmland conservation law could pave the way for...
SJV WATER: World Ag Expo: Water seminar lands with a thud as speaker details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production SJV Water News February 14, 2024 3207By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The sun was shining and blue skies reigned over the 57th World Ag Expo in...
THE CENTER SQUARE: California Senator introduces voluntary agricultural land repurposing bill The Center Square News June 30, 2023 132By Tom Joyce, The Center Square U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, introduced a bill that he hopes will bolster water...
PRESS RELEASE: California Awards $35 Million to Four Regions to Improve Groundwater Sustainability Department of Conservation Press Release/Other June 20, 2023 155From the Department of Conservation: California’s latest drought-flood cycle has shown the need for local and regional strategies to manage and...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: In California’s Central Valley, the Plan to Build More Solar Faces a Familiar Constraint: The Need for More Power Lines Inside Climate News News March 26, 2023The state could embrace “policy synergy” to deploy solar in areas transitioning out of agriculture, but the transmission lines must...
CA WATER COMMISSION: The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program: Envisioning the social, economic, and environmental possibilities of fallowed lands Maven Notebook News and Features March 2, 2023 676At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Keali’i Bright, Assistant Director of the Department of Conservation’s Division of...
AG ALERT: Alternatives sought for farm fallowing amid dust worries Ag Alert News August 3, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As local groundwater sustainability agencies bring groundwater basins into balance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management...
SGMA FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program (MLRP) Guidelines and Solicitation Notice Released Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS February 24, 2022 100From the Department of Conservation: The Department of Conservation (DOC) is pleased to announce the release of the the 2022...
