Items Tagged with 'floodplain restoration projects benefit salmon, waterfowl and rice'

The State Water Resources Control Board is dramatically raising its fees on groundwater recharge permits, adding more compliance costs and more tension for water districts planning for climate swings.

The advisor is urging lawmakers to go beyond the current patchwork approach and instead work on a long-term solution.

One of California’s leading voices in rice farming is warning the state water board that rejecting a set of voluntary agreements would “generate turmoil.”

The coalition of local water districts and state agencies behind the voluntary agreements for Bay-Delta flows are bringing new concepts to water management.

A first-ever state program for supporting ag-related businesses is bringing hope for broader federal funding to aid rural communities.

The calculation for releasing environmental flows has become the fulcrum that dictates the most critical water policy decisions going forward.

Sen. Dahle took aim at a program for repurposing fallowed farmland for ecosystem restoration and other conservation goals.