…use efficiency targets as part of a long-term conservation framework for urban water agencies. These targets go beyond the 20 percent reduction in per capita urban water use by 2020…
Snowpack Melting at Record Speed
…and final 2016 forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. “In the Pacific Northwest, low precipitation and high temperatures led to a dramatic reduction in snowpack,”…
Adapting to a Changing Climate
…and his Administration have transformed the United States economy into a global leader in renewable energy and an aggressive champion of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions through practical, science-based solutions. Central…
National Grasslands
…winters and overly plowed land exposed rich dark topsoil to incessant dry winds. Together these factors created what came to be known as the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, further…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…and the products from them. These ostrich products include the likes of boots, handbags, jewelry, feather dusters, as well as red meat, and these products are beginning to gain global…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…problem is being felt most acutely in the West, where drought conditions and increased water use have helped turn lush agricultural areas to dust. But dangers also lurk underground, in…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…million for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). SWEEP projects will result in on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and water savings. “With more than 100 grants covering thousands…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…in 2016 but will not see a major reduction in global inventories, which started 2016 at 103 million bales. On the production side, Campiche says a NCC survey of cotton…
North American Producers Committed
…reduction in water usage and a 78 percent drop in land needed to produce a pound of pork. In their discussions, the leaders recognized that, in addition to production efficiencies…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
…on forest health, fire fuel reduction and forestry conservation practices; conducting a survey of the equestrian community to help outreach activities more effectively target participants; and completing a flood erosion…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
…wildlife habitat and healthy rural communities. SB 1350 also appropriates $20 million in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund monies to set up the program, which would be operated by the California…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…are increasing as a result of climate change; Atmospheric changes in air pollution chemistry that are occurring due to climate change; Potential consequences of increased levels of dust from particle…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…percent. These declines are moderate compared to the 27- and 38-percent reductions in net cash income and net farm income, respectively, that occurred in 2015. See table on farm income…
DWR April Snowpack Totals Report
…depth and zero water content on April 1. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. stood on bare ground that day when he mandated a 25-percent reduction in water use throughout California….