The Colorado River Water Conservation District at a board meeting Tuesday voted to give $1 million of their taxpayer-raised funds to help construct the Colorado River Connectivity Channel, which will improve deteriorated conditions at the headwaters of the Colorado River.
California’s changing climate has pushed fire season to new lengths, triggering once-rare winter blackouts. State utilities cut power to more than 72,000 homes and businesses Tuesday in a preemptive effort to prevent live wires from sparking wildfires as Santa Ana winds threaten to fan flames. Blazes are breaking out nonetheless, including in Santa Cruz County, […]
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 […]
Colorado River Restoration Project Crawls Forward as Some Environmental Groups Call for Radical Change
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Aspen Timesby Lindsay FendtThe Colorado River Water Conservation District at a board meeting Tuesday voted to give $1 million of their taxpayer-raised funds to help construct the Colorado River Connectivity Channel, which will improve deteriorated conditions at the headwaters of the Colorado River.
California’s Changing Climate Gives New Fuel to Fire Season
/in California and the U.S. /by Chelsea Campos /Bloomberg Greenby Mark Chediak and Brian K SullivanCalifornia’s changing climate has pushed fire season to new lengths, triggering once-rare winter blackouts. State utilities cut power to more than 72,000 homes and businesses Tuesday in a preemptive effort to prevent live wires from sparking wildfires as Santa Ana winds threaten to fan flames. Blazes are breaking out nonetheless, including in Santa Cruz County, […]
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 […]