…the brunt of the pain of the current drought and continues to suffer. But now we need to take a hard look at environmental uses. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s…
USDA Designates Del Norte County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
…in California as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought. “Our hearts go out to those California farmers and ranchers affected by…
USDA Working to Help California Farmers Conserve Water
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is doing what it can to help California producers get through the so-called “Drought of the Century”. USDA Working to Help California Farmers Conserve Water…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…decades. Since the 1980s, environmental regulations have limited—and sometimes cut—the surface water supply, thereby encouraging more groundwater pumping. The latest drought has exposed farming’s growing vulnerability to water shortages, particularly…
McCarthy Statement on California Water Restrictions
…and Senators Boxer and Feinstein opposed these proposals. As the drought continued to worsen, the House passed emergency drought legislation in December of 2014 to allow us to capture storm…
PBS Video: California Announces Mandatory Rrestrictions to Curb Drought
From PBS NewsHour Suffering a severe and long-lasting drought, California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new and historic restrictions designed to reduce water use by 25 percent through 2016. The restrictions…
Governor’s Drought Task Force Discusses Emergency Actions
Following the announcements of the new mandatory statewide water reductions, the Governor’ drought task force briefed the media on the emergency actions. Listen to information directly from state agency leaders….
OpEd from Assemblyman Adam Gray on Water Restrictions
…is inexplicable at a time when we are suffering from the worst drought in California’s recorded history. The Central Valley has already lost over $2 billion in economic productivity and…
Gov. Brown Directs First-Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
…wasteful water use, streamline the state’s drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient. “Today(Wednesday April 1), we are standing on dry grass where…
The Western View: We’re Not The Bad Guys
…the drought, with people in the cities telling us that we are taking too much water. They’ve especially focused their attention on almonds. Even Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart took a…
Governor Brown Signs $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…this program. In addition to today’s funding, the state has committed more than $870 million in drought relief since last year to assist drought-affected communities and provide funding to better…
Western View: Drought Crisis Response Is Too Little
Len Wilcox explains why the governor’s drought crisis package needs to go much further to find solutions. Water Crisis The governor and state legislators unveiled a billion-dollar program to deal…
Pump Add-on Can Save Money
…are an easy upgrade for a reliable red-flag to things changing. The drought in California is causing water basin levels to change very quickly, especially during prime irrigation season, and…
Drought Reducing Pre-emergent Effectiveness
Managing weeds is always a little tricky for any grower, and changes to procedures because of drought conditions are making pre-emergent applications less effective. Reducing Pre-emergent Effectiveness Cooperative Extension Farm…