Catastrophic losses from the Texas wildfires. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Heavy smoke crossing a road on the Smokehouse Creek Fire on the afternoon of February 27,…
Ten More Groundwater Sustainability Plans Approved by DWR
…Anderson, Enterprise, San Antonio Creek Valley, Santa Clara River Valley East, Santa Ynez River Valley, Solano, Temescal, Tracy, Upper San Luis Rey Valley, and Yucaipa basins. Groundwater sustainability agencies that…
Approved Groundwater Sustainability Plans Now Totals 40
…East Bay Plain, East Contra Costa, Ukiah Valley, Sierra Valley, North San Benito, North American, South American, Butte, Vina, and Wyandotte Creek basins. The recent announcement brings the total number…
Deadline Nearing to Apply for $63 Million in Conservation Funding Assistance
…farms. Fire hazard reduction vegetation management is also supported through EQIP, along with the National Water Quality Initiative to improve water quality in the Calleguas Creek and Salt River watersheds….
Watershed Infrastructure Projects Receive $420 Million in Support
…of Deschutes River, Tumalo Creek, Snake River, and Hood River watersheds. Open irrigation canals will be converted to pipe delivering water in a more efficient manner and preserving water where…
2020 Crop Report Puts Fresno County at the Top Once Again
…to ensure that Fresno County agriculture is able to overcome obstacles such as COVID 19, the drought, or the Creek Fire. Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance Management Minute March 28, 2024…
Finalists Selected for 2021 California Leopold Conservation Award
…year’s finalists are the Beretta Family Dairy of Sonoma County, Stemple Creek Ranch of Marin County, and Witcher Creek Ranch of Modoc County. The Leopold Conservation Award will be presented…
Reclamation Awards Construction Contract for First Phase of Friant-Kern Canal Repairs
…Perini Joint Venture, based in Walnut Creek, was awarded a $177 million contract to perform the construction aspects of the first phase of work to repair the Friant-Kern Canal along…
Valent U.S.A. Opens New North American Innovation Center
…U.S.A., Matt Plitt said that they are excited about the opportunity that the new facility presents. “We have taken our headquarters for North America which was based in Walnut Creek,…
NRCS Names Priority Watershed Areas to Receive Financial Assistance
…North Fork Matilija Creek, San Antonio Creek, Upper Ventura River, Coyote Creek, and Lower Ventura River. Las Posas Arroyo, Lower Conejo Arroyo, Beardsley Wash Oxnard, Revlon Slough-Callegas Creek, Town of…
The Western View: Of Course The Climate Is Changing, It Always Does
Recently Governor Newsom and Senator Harris visited a home burned out by the Creek Fire. They brought the media and stood over the ash of a destroyed family home, touched…
The Western View: Dangerous Year For Fire
…to wildlands are particularly vulnerable this year, then so are the suburban areas that have grown beyond city limits. Just look at the Creek Fire; it seems to be dropping…
Water Resilience Projects Receive Nearly $84 Million from DWR
…flood risk in the area. In San Diego County, $3.7 million was awarded to National City to support a multi-benefit community enhancement project in Paradise Valley Creek. More than $1…
USDA Investing $1 Million in California Water Quality Improvements and Wildfire Mitigation
…capability of communities, assist with wildfire mitigation, enhance ecological resistance to wildfire, and improve water quality and supplies. Federal agencies will contribute $697,000 to the Little Jones Creek Project-Smith River…