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As part of the State of California’s efforts to ensure safe drinking water, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board will begin to implement the CV-SALTS program this summer by sending Notices to Comply (Notices) to various dischargers in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, including owners and operators of irrigated crop land, dairies, … Continue reading “New Programs to Address Nitrates and Ensure Safe Drinking Water: What Does CV-Salts Mean to the Sacramento Valley”

In a recent commentary in Cal Matters: “Toilet paper short, food abundant,” Dan Walters has made some poignant observations on the importance and value of farming and ranching in California and he describes how the pandemic has brought to the forefront the importance of agriculture to our daily lives and a civil society. As the … Continue reading “Farming and Ranching are Essential for California’s Economy and Ecology”

There are many wonderful attributes in the Sacramento Valley–yet, the secret ingredient as we look to the future is the amazing landowner-conservation partnerships that have emerged in the region. As we celebrate Earth Day this week, the great quote from Aldo Leopold–one of the founders of America’s conservation movement–rings true in the Sacramento Valley: “Conservation … Continue reading “Landowner-Conservation Partnerships: A Better Future for the Sacramento Valley”

This week various Sacramento River Basin water suppliers were compelled to intervene in a federal court lawsuit filed by the State of California against the federal agencies that recently adopted the federal Biological Opinions (2019 BiOps) regarding the coordinated long-term operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water Project (SWP). Many of … Continue reading “A Time for Forward Progress: A Return to the Solution Table”