Droughts are a regular feature of California’s variable climate, affecting cities, farms and the environment. They test water management systems and signal areas needing improvement. This video from the Public…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
…U.S. Drought Monitor. For information on USDA’s drought efforts, visit USDA Disaster and Drought Information. And to learn more about how NRCS is helping private landowners deal with drought, visit…
Almond Board: Spring Irrigation
With this Almond Update, we continue with helping growers through the drought. Almond growers need to think not only about this year – but the next few years – as…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
From: the California Farm Bureau Federation Wenger Get ready. The drought just became real for millions of our fellow Californians. They’re going to start asking more questions about water use….
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
California is entering year four of a historic drought that is impacting residents and businesses throughout the state. Last week, Governor Brown announced unprecedented conservation measures that have, rightfully, received…
Western View: It’s Not 80%
…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…