Gov. Gavin Newsom has released his proposed state budget, which includes provisions for sustainable agriculture programs in California. The proposed budget directs money to the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including the Healthy Soils Program and SWEEP, the State Water Efficiency Program.
Sensational headlines, like those speculating that Wall Street will make billions off the Colorado River or that West Slope farmers should pack it in now, certainly attracts readers. Unfortunately, these articles wholly fail to convey the reality of the water challenges facing the Colorado River Basin. As representatives of irrigated agriculture and conservation organizations, we […]
About a mile of bare, cracked earth now lies like a desertscape between the boat ramp at the north end of Lake Mendocino and the water’s edge of a diminished reservoir that helps provide water for 600,000 Sonoma and Marin County residents. The human-made lake near Ukiah is about 30 feet lower than it was […]
As California’s economy skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A booming agricultural industry in the state’s San Joaquin Valley, combined with punishing droughts, led to the over-extraction of water from aquifers. Like huge, empty water bottles, the aquifers crumpled, a phenomenon geologists call subsidence. By 1970, the land had sunk as […]
Water supplies in El Dorado County lakes are dropping. In a report to the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors Monday Operations Director Dan Corcoran said the water agency expects to have adequate water supplies for 2021 but continues to be diligent regarding signs of a possible multiyear rainfall shortage.
Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third. The […]
Gov. Newsom’s Draft Budget Funds Sustainable Ag
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Capital Pressby Sierra Dawn McClainGov. Gavin Newsom has released his proposed state budget, which includes provisions for sustainable agriculture programs in California. The proposed budget directs money to the state’s Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including the Healthy Soils Program and SWEEP, the State Water Efficiency Program.
Opinion: Lasting Colorado River Solutions Come from Main Street, Not Wall Street
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Daily Sentinel (Colorado)by Dan Keppen, Scott Yates, Taylor HawesSensational headlines, like those speculating that Wall Street will make billions off the Colorado River or that West Slope farmers should pack it in now, certainly attracts readers. Unfortunately, these articles wholly fail to convey the reality of the water challenges facing the Colorado River Basin. As representatives of irrigated agriculture and conservation organizations, we […]
Sonoma County Flirts With Drought as Reservoirs Recede in Water-Poor Winter
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Press Democratby Guy KovnerAbout a mile of bare, cracked earth now lies like a desertscape between the boat ramp at the north end of Lake Mendocino and the water’s edge of a diminished reservoir that helps provide water for 600,000 Sonoma and Marin County residents. The human-made lake near Ukiah is about 30 feet lower than it was […]
The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Wiredby Matt SimonAs California’s economy skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A booming agricultural industry in the state’s San Joaquin Valley, combined with punishing droughts, led to the over-extraction of water from aquifers. Like huge, empty water bottles, the aquifers crumpled, a phenomenon geologists call subsidence. By 1970, the land had sunk as […]
How Low Will They Go? Local Lakes Shrinking
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.)Water supplies in El Dorado County lakes are dropping. In a report to the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors Monday Operations Director Dan Corcoran said the water agency expects to have adequate water supplies for 2021 but continues to be diligent regarding signs of a possible multiyear rainfall shortage.
Hot Again: 2020 Sets Yet Another Global Temperature Record
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP Newsby Seth BorensteinEarth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third. The […]