INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California rice fields offer threatened migratory waterbirds a lifeline Inside Climate News News January 13, 2025 178Conservation groups are working with Central Valley farmers to restore critical habitat for wetland birds struggling to subsist on a...
METROPOLITAN: Webb Tract Wetland Project update Metropolitan Water District News January 7, 2025 415From the Metropolitan Water District: Webb Tract is about to be transformed by a Nature-Based Solutions grant from the Sacramento-San...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Save the peat, save the planet, save the Delta? John Hart Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 16, 2024 371By John Hart, Estuary News In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an invisible fire is burning. Peat soils, laid down...
DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: The Delta Supports State-Boosted Sustainable Ag: What Does That Look Like? Maven News September 26, 2024 141From the Delta Protection Commission: What policies would Delta residents support for adapting to environmental changes in the region? Given...
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...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Reversing Delta land subsidence with Steven Deverel Ashleigh Papp Science Podcasts March 18, 2024 288Rice to the Rescue: Reversing land subsidence and carbon emissions Thousands of years ago, the plants of California’s Delta began...
AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert News January 31, 2024 161By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert News October 25, 2023 71By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesScience June 22, 2023 2648When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to...
COMMENTARY: Drought impacts an entire agricultural ecosystem Ag Alert News November 16, 2022By Tim Johnson, Ag Alert This third year of extreme drought is taking a devastating toll on agriculture in California....
AG ALERT: Drought impacts hurt farm communities Ag Alert News September 28, 2022By Ching Lee, Ag Alert With rice harvest underway in the Sacramento Valley, Colusa County farmer Don Bransford should be...
AG ALERT: Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture Ag Alert News June 15, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California toils through a third consecutive drought year, many Sacramento Valley farmers, well known...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts Cal Matters News May 23, 2022 2Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought....
AG ALERT: State rice acreage plummets amid water reductions Ag Alert News May 11, 2022 2By Ching Lee, Ag Alert This time of year, the Sacramento Valley should be buzzing with tractors working the soil...
COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish Ag Alert Commentary May 4, 2022 1By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...