Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its initial water allocation for 2017 of 20 percent of the requests…
One of Three Major U.S. Drought Areas Will Improve
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows roughly 11 percent of the contiguous United States is under what it calls “severe, extreme, or exceptional” drought. The areas where the drought continues to…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
…This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102 million on 7.7 million acres of California’s drought stricken forests. In 2016 alone, 62 million trees have…
Ranchers see Better Pastures, Tough Markets
…ranchers struggle to recover from the recent drought that has battered their herds. “It’s unfortunate, because you’ve got good feed conditions brewing but no market,” said Yolo County rancher Casey…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…while reducing environmental losses. As drought conditions continue to grip parts of the country, our scientists have begun work to develop rice and corn crops that are drought– and flood-resistant,…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…builds on our support of technologies and approaches that help producers increase resiliency to extreme weather such as drought and floods.” CIG is authorized and funded under the Environmental Quality…
Calls for New Relief Provisions in Next Farm Bill
New England farmers are being ravaged by a drought, and that’s adding to calls for changing disaster relief provisions in the next Farm Bill. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows a…
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…effects of intensified drought and climate change, are creating conditions that lead to large, intense rangeland fires. These fires can easily burn thousands of acres in an hour, destroying livelihoods…
Western View: Green is the New Angry
…the best interests of the people at heart; that people are basically reasonable and with the right information will make the right choice. deep-green So, ever since the drought made…
Officials Warn of Flash Flood Potential
…potential for flash flooding during the rainy season now under way. Five years of drought conditions have exacerbated wildfires across the state. Rain is beginning to fall on fire burn…
Global Wine Output Slipping to 20 Year Low
…output slipping just two percent. France is expected to keep second place, even as production slumps 12 percent. French grape growers struggled with a combination of spring frost, hailstorms, drought…
‘One-Two Punch’ of River Flow Plans Hits Rural California
…for additional fishery flows underline the need to expand California’s water supply to help buffer the impacts of drought. “The state board’s river flow plans threaten to sentence rural California…
USDA Predicts Record California Almond Harvest
…2011-12 crop year record of 2.03 billion pounds. USDA says that while many areas are still under drought, trees have shown signs of recovery from multiple years of water deprivation….
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…polluted stormwater, and the challenges of drought and climate change. EPA awarded its 2016 San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund grants for the following projects: The San Francisco Estuary…