blog post Water for Wildlife Refuges: 30 Years of the CVPIA By Sarah Bardeen Sep 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022 ... CH: The Central Valley wetlands and some flood-irrigated agriculture (e.g., rice fields) support a diversity of species and are designated ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 Yet there is concern over a declining trend in winter rice flooding due to a combination of drought and changing economic conditions—which make water supplies ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 While the habitat value of irrigated alfalfa and cereals for birds and other wildlife is low compared to flooded agricultural systems such as rice in the ...
blog post Our Experts Weigh In on the Drought By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Sarah Bardeen Jul 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 ... On the west side, they're not planting rice. Decent rains fell into some reservoirs, but Shasta barely got anything.
blog post Video: Farming in a State of Extremes By Sarah Bardeen Apr 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 ... In the Sacramento Valley, Van Vleck said rice fields have been used as “a surrogate wetland. We've provided up to 300,000 acres of flooded ...
event Farming in a State of Extremes Apr 21, 2022 Currently, she serves on the California Rice Industry Association Board; the California Rice Commission Board of Directors, where she is chair of the Rice ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Drought and California’s Agriculture By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ellen Hanak, John Abatzoglou Apr 13, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 ... Highlights · California's agricultural sector is the nation's largest, but water is a concern · A fast-paced drought—fueled by climate change—is ...
blog post The Current Drought: Time to Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak Nov 8, 2021 Nov 8, 2021 ... One consequence is reduced crop acreage; for instance, around 110,000 acres less than in 2020 were planted—mostly rice and cotton—given the ...
blog post Last Week’s Storm: the Good, the Bad, and the Inconclusive By Jeffrey Mount Nov 1, 2021 Nov 1, 2021 ... In a typical fall, rice farmers in the Sacramento Valley flood 300,000 acres to decompose rice straw. These flooded fields are essential ...
Report Dual Enrollment in California By Olga Rodriguez, Niu Gao Oct 18, 2021 Dual enrollment provides opportunities for high school students to take college courses and earn college credit. The pandemic has fueled a nationwide surge ...