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DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: The Delta Supports State-Boosted Sustainable Ag: What Does That Look Like?

September 26, 2024 124

From 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

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May 15, 2024 148

By 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 255

Rice 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 147

By 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

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October 25, 2023 69

By 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 Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features Science

June 22, 2023 2640

When 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, 2022

By 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

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September 28, 2022

By 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

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June 15, 2022

By 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 2

Sacramento 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

By 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

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...

AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds

Ag Alert

News

January 19, 2022

By Edgar Sanchez, Ag Alert Sixth-generation rice grower Jeff Gallagher is perpetually surrounded by birds on the Sutter County farm...

AG ALERT: Nitrogen management for rice may help production

Ag Alert

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September 15, 2021

By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Rice researchers and growers are working to fine-tune the timing and type of nitrogen applications...

AG ALERT: Farmers face water rights curtailments

Ag Alert

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June 23, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California priority water rights system is being put to the test, as state regulators...

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DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: The Delta Supports State-Boosted Sustainable Ag: What Does That Look Like?

AG ALERT: Rice planting ramps up after slower start

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Reversing Delta land subsidence with Steven Deverel

AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean

COMMENTARY: Drought impacts an entire agricultural ecosystem

AG ALERT: Drought impacts hurt farm communities

AG ALERT: Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture

CAL MATTERS: ‘Everyone loses’: Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts

AG ALERT: State rice acreage plummets amid water reductions

COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish

AG ALERT: Rice farmers enlisted to sustain Pacific Flyway birds

AG ALERT: Nitrogen management for rice may help production

AG ALERT: Farmers face water rights curtailments

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with research meteorologist Marty Ralph

SJV WATER: Madera County farmland conversion program gets underway with $10 million in state funds

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California completes largest dam removal in US history

PRESS RELEASE: Klamath Dam removal comes to a close (with before and after photos)

NOAA FISHERIES: Final step in Klamath River dam removal opens path for returning salmon

DAILY DIGEST, 10/7: Atmospheric rivers from research to reconnaissance: A conversation with Marty Ralph; Nowhere in America is safe from climate-fueled storms and fires; CA’s new water recycling rules turn wastewater to tapwater. What this means for you; and more …