Agriculture & Food

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Earlier today local, state, and federal officials gathered to celebrate the coming completion of the Knights Landing Outfall Gate (KLOG) Fish Barrier project—a $2.5 million project, the first of several in the lower Sacramento Valley to ensure safe salmon.

The Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSCs), representing approximately 450,000 acres of irrigated agriculture in the western Sacramento Valley, are extremely disappointed by the two motions filed on November 9 by the Natural Resources Defense Cou.

The Sacramento Valley has a wonderful agricultural heritage with its 2 million productive acres woven together with numerous wildlife refuges and rivers and streams. This heritage can be seen in full bloom at the California Agricultural Museum in Woodland.

The Sacramento Groundwater Authority (SGA) recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, which offered an opportunity to reflect upon and think about the importance of sustainable groundwater management and the efforts required by local agencies for effective.

Once a month I discard the office attire and pull on my jeans and camo fat baby cowboy boots, jump into a district pick-up to collect groundwater measurements..

Water is the lifeblood of the Sacramento Valley, and with minimal precipitation and low reservoirs in the North State, we are using every drop to support our farms, fish and birds. Our goal is to be self-sufficient as a region – this year and every y.

With all the attention and debate swirling around the water and political landscape in California, policy leaders should better understand the Sacramento Valley and the central role that water serves in shaping our special region. As a life-long resident .

The Northern California Water Association has developed a new infographic highlighting the Pacific Flyway lands in the Sacramento Valley. The Pacific Flyway is a prominent part of the land use and culture of the Valley. Every fall, the region transitions .

Dr. Peter Moyle earlier this fall provided a very thoughtful approach to help recover salmon in California. He laid out six steps that can be taken to increase the resiliency and viability of salmon in the face of California’s changing climate at th.

On June 24, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released its 2015 waterfowl Breeding Population Survey Report, which indicates that the total number of breeding ducks has declined.  The most numerous duck species in California, mallards,.

Northern California during autumn,.

Placer County Water Agency owns and operates the Middle Fork American River Project (MFP), providing water supplies, hydroelectric power, public recreational opportunities and environmental stewardship for the people of Placer County and the region. The.

Although rains and snow are blanketing California, it is still not clear whether there will be water in storage later this spring and summer when it is most needed for various purposes. California has nearly 39 million people and a spectacular landscape s.

The fourth consecutive dry year in Northern California has illuminated the pressures on the Sacramento Valley’s water resources and the challenges we face in providing reliable water supplies for various beneficial purposes in the Valley..

It’s tree planting time. The rains have come, and our habitat team is in high gear: augering holes, sowing native grass seed, and getting young plants in the ground. We at Audubon California plants trees and shrubs to support the birds that need them fo.

Earlier this month, the New York Times published an article about Dr. John Carlos Garza’s work in the Klamath River hatchery to use genetic techniques to match up hatchery fish with the goal of improving genetic diversity within the fish population..

Earlier this week, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted a webinar briefing on the recently-released California’s Groundwater Update 2013: A Compilation of Enhanced Content for California Water Plan Update 2013 (Groundwater Update)..

Now that we have transitioned from fall into winter, the Sacramento Valley is welcoming incredible numbers of migratory and wintering birds to the region every day. The habitat these species are now benefiting from is the result of months of deliberate w.