…possible to pollinators and that beekeepers understand how they can benefit from USDA’s conservation and safety net programs. For several years, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
House, Senate panels approve Forest Service, EPA spending bills; NACD responds The National Association of Conservation Districts is pleased with the Fiscal Year 2017 funding levels the House and Senate…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…National Director, Israeli-American Council -Carlos Suarez, State Conservationist for California, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service -Abby Browning, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – Karen Ross, Secretary, CDFA -Amrith Gunasekara, Ph.D,…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…Forest Trust, based in San Francisco, for the restoration and conservation of an estimated 7 million acres of watersheds by leveraging private and public capital. Located in Shasta, Siskiyou, Butte,…
NACD Welcomes Bill To Keep Red Tape At Bay
…time-consuming requirements complicates conservation delivery and can discourage landowners from participating in NRCS cost-share programs. “Financial assistance is crucial to the adoption and implementation of conservation,” Peters continued. “The ‘Improving…
State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program Assistance Workshops
…to complete SWEEP applications. Technical Assistance is made available through a partnership between CDFA and the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service to achieve the mutual objective of providing technical assistance…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…in Washington, Oregon and his home-state of California. The focus of his trip was the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and climate change. Dolcini visited four Washington State USDA Service Centers…
Signup for Cotton Producers Starts June 20
…Program, including a $40,000 per producer payment limit, requirement to be actively engaged in farming, meet conservation compliance and a $900,000 adjusted gross income limit. To learn more about the…
Almond Board: Nominate Someone for the Leopold Conservation Award
…award. Almond Update- Leopold Conservation Award More from the Sand County Foundation The Leopold Conservation Award Program recognizes agricultural landowners actively committed to a land ethic. Working with prominent state…
Bat Population Decline
…science-based best management practices for achieving conservation and recovery goals for bats. 4. Foster cooperation and collaboration among government agencies, non-government organizations, and landowners. WNS is currently in 28 states…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…recycling, additional conservation, increased storage and improved groundwater management. California WaterFix would reduce the “reverse” flows in south Delta channels that pose risks to threatened and endangered fish species. It…
USDA Unveils New Improvement to Streamline Crop Reporting
…of your farm, conservation status, operator and owner information and much more,” said Dolcini. The new customer self-service portal, known as FSAFarm+, gives farmers and ranchers online access to securely…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…improving soil water-holding capacity and increasing productivity uniformity – a system that we refer to as conservation agriculture,” Mitchell said. “We are working to encourage adoption of conservation agriculture in…
Almond Board: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership
…University of California, Davis; the environmental non-profit group Sustainable Conservation; and the agricultural sciences and private research firm Land IQ. While this year’s El Niño storms provided some short term…