Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation

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…will be submitted to Congress the week of May 5, 2014. Conservation Programs: Applications are currently being accepted for the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program. TITLE III…

Groundwater Control Worries

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Sustainable groundwater levels have become a concern for many, complicated even more by the drought year. Kern County, like many other counties, held a water forum this week to educate…

Governor Brown Issues Executive Order to Redouble State Drought Actions

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…of diversion of water, to promote water recycling or water conservation, and to require curtailment of diversions when water is not available under the diverter’s priority of right. 18. In…

Additional Public Meeting Scheduled to Discuss CDFA’s New Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program

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water conservation practices throughout the state. The funding will be used to establish the CDFA Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program, a grant program to increase water conservation through efficiencies and…

Drought Brings New Attention to Groundwater

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…well-managed water supply is essential for agriculture.” Many groundwater basins are sustainably managed, but officials said many are not. Concerns requiring immediate attention include overdrafted basins, seawater intrusion, degraded groundwater

100% of California in Moderate to Exceptional Drought

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…of water deliveries from the Montague Water Conservation District (MWCD) that this situation has occurred. Growers in Shasta Valley with the primary irrigation district (MWCD) were expected to have only…