COMMENTARY: Drought impacts an entire agricultural ecosystem Ag Alert Agriculture 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 Agriculture 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 Agriculture 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 Policy and regulation May 23, 2022Sacramento 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 Agriculture May 11, 2022By 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 CommentaryEcosystems May 4, 2022By 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 Fish and wildlife January 19, 2022By 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 Agriculture September 15, 2021By 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 Policy and regulation June 23, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California priority water rights system is being put to the test, as state regulators...
AG ALERT: Water shortages will reduce rice plantings Ag Alert Agriculture May 12, 2021By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Dry weather this spring has created ideal planting conditions for California rice farmers, but lack...
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...
Mercury and rice in the Delta: Lessons linking wetlands to water and wildlife Maven AgricultureBest of the NotebookDelta science April 6, 2017Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers is an ecosystem ecologist specializing in wetlands. As an ecosystems ecologist, she works across a broad spectrum...
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:...
