blog post Helping the San Joaquin Valley Find New Uses for Fallowed Farmland By Sarah Bardeen Mar 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 ... ... Groundwater Management Act. We spoke with him about how to manage farmland that will be transitioning out of intensive irrigation.
blog post Testimony: Adapting California’s Water Rights System to the 21st-Century Climate By Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Jeffrey Mount Feb 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 ... ... water to some 30 million residents and 6 million acres of farmland, ... came too late in the irrigation season to make a difference.
blog post New Horizons for Senior Fellow Alvar Escriva-Bou By Sarah Bardeen Feb 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023 ... ... particularly around drought, agriculture, and the San Joaquin ... acres of farmland would need to come out of irrigated production.
blog post Commentary: Lack of Water Is Forcing Major Changes in Valley Agriculture, New Analysis Says By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 ... Yet while agriculture's irrigated footprint will have to shrink under SGMA ... Unless they get more water, more than half of the cropland in ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Spencer Cole, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 8, 2023 Feb 9, 2023 ... Incentivizing alternative uses for irrigated lands could bring additional income to farmers and local communities, while improving public health ...
blog post Can Nine Atmospheric Rivers Recharge California’s Groundwater? By Sarah Bardeen Feb 6, 2023 Feb 6, 2023 ... At that time, when I mentioned flooding agricultural fields, ... That's already underway with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program.
blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... And while the drought was undeniably hard on agriculture, ... economy, and environment as these agricultural lands are retired?
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... This year was “brutal” for agriculture, said Thad Bettner of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District during the first panel, moderated by PPIC ...
event Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act Nov 18, 2022 In her previous work, she explored irrigation and soil ecosystem functions in California almond and tomato systems, crop-livestock integration in Brazilian ...
blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... Agriculture—California's largest water user—will need to reduce its irrigated footprint over the next few decades. Although California will ...