Reduced Pumping Now May Protect Future Supplies The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are experimenting with pumping reductions for several days to prevent a “turbidity bridge” from occurring in the central and south Delta. Delta smelt are attracted to […]
Restored salmon habitat on the Stanislaus River Entitled “Replenishing a River: Stanislaus River Honolulu Bar Restoration,” this 11-minute video uses underwater photography, still images and narration to illustrate an important project for restored salmon habitat that was completed in 2012. The Oakdale Irrigation District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service split the cost of the […]
Register I Agenda l Speakers Dear CFWC Member,The World Agri-Tech Investment Summit USA, supported by California Farm Water Coalition, taking place in San Francisco on March 3-4 2015, will gather together a truly outstanding group of international agribusiness leaders, technology innovators and investors to define future alliancing and investment opportunities in sustainable agriculture. View […]
World population continues to grow and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, a 27 percent increase over today’s population. At the same time, a growing middle class across the planet will be more competitive for resources, goods, services, and of course, food. Not only will there be more people to feed by 2050, […]
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Opposition to H.R. 5781 is Misleading H.R. 5781, Congressman David Valadao’s drought relief bill requires water exports to stay within the existing salmon and Delta smelt biological opinions. Concerns raised by NRDC’s Doug Obegi are a red herring to thwart progress on providing water to a parched Central Valley. Exports may increase, as Obegi says, […]
Water Allocation is Good News, But Doesn’t End Drought The following is a statement by Executive Director Mike Wade of the California Farm Water Coalition in response to the DWR announcement of 10 percent water allocation from the State Water Project.) “Today’s announcement that the State Water Project will deliver an initial allocation of 10 […]
On the Abandonment of Federal Drought Legislation “California’s Central Valley has shouldered more than its share of the pain brought on by reduced water deliveries and the drought. For more than 20 years, misguided environmental policies have drained California of over 20 million acre-feet of water – water that was originally intended to grow food. […]
News Line – November 24, 2014 Read the latest news about issues affecting agriculture and farm water in California. No Coalition Responses Today Other News Water Bond OPINION: California opens door to new chapter in water policy From: J. Coleman & K. Tiegs, Sacramento Bee For California water managers, 2014 has been one for […]
News Line – November 21, 2014 Read the latest news about issues affecting agriculture and farm water in California. No Coalition Responses Today Other News Water Supply Feinstein shuts off California water talks until 2015 From: Michael Doyle, McClatchy DC Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Thursday pulled the plug on secret, high-stakes […]