California Governor Jerry Brown recently re-appointed Bryce Lundberg to the State Board of Food and Agriculture (State Board). An interview yesterday with Bryce talking about the importance of farming, water and conservation is available at: Action News Now. Bryce is a third-generation rice farmer, conservationist, NCWA Chairman of the Board, and a leading voice for the … Continue reading “Governor Re-appoints Bryce Lundberg to State Board of Food and Agriculture”

The Sacramento Bee recently editorialized that California is not paying enough attention to the economy and more importantly what drives the economy in certain parts of the state. To borrow from the editorial, “It leaves us to wonder what blueprint California leaders actually have for the Sacramento region” and “we’re not sure who among statewide … Continue reading “Improving the Business Climate and the Environment in the Sacramento Valley”

Dale Hall, the Chief Executive Officer of Ducks Unlimited and former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, was in the Sacramento Valley this week, sharing his progressive thoughts on the wise use of the floodplain. His remarks were centered on water and he focused on a forward-looking approach where “tailored functional flows and non-flow measures … Continue reading “THE WISE USE OF THE FLOODPLAIN IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY”

  A recently-developed poster contains descriptions of the twelve projects included in the Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program (SVSRP) that have been completed in the two years since the program was initiated. These completed projects represent over twenty percent of the priority actions that have been identified by the SVSRP to promote fish passage and … Continue reading “New Poster Displays Progress on Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program”