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Harnessing Rice Fields to Resurrect California’s Endangered Salmon

California’s salmon populations have been dangerously close to extinction for decades. A new partnership may help tip the scales toward recovery.

California Farmers Work to Create a Climate Change Buffer for Migratory Water Birds

On a warm, sunny afternoon in late November, Roger Cornwell stopped his pickup near the edge of a harvested rice field to avoid spooking a great blue heron standing still as a statute, alert for prey. He pointed to a dozen or so great egrets at the opposite end of the field as a chorus of killdeer sang a high lonesome tune in the distance.