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On March 19, Roger Cornwell, General Manager of River Garden Farms, testified before the California State Senate Agriculture Committee in support of Senate Bill 253. SB 253 is authored by Senator Bill Dodd (Napa), whose district includes portions of the Sacramento Valley. NCWA supports SB 253, which will create a framework for the California Department … Continue reading “NCWA Member River Garden Farms Testifies in Support of Bill to Create New Environmental Farming Incentive Program”

In the latest edition of Kurt Richter’s Rice Radio Podcast, he presents the contrasting alternatives before the State Water Resources Control Board as it updates its Water Quality Control Plan for the Delta.  The first part of the podcast captures the acrimony surrounding unimpaired flows and the San Joaquin River proposal last year as heard … Continue reading “New Podcast Examines Voluntary Agreements”

Listen to “No Frills and No Tills” Podcast here. While the rest of the world was watching a flying DeLorean, humming along with a material girl and marveling at a man taking flight on a basketball court, Fritz Durst’s attention was transfixed on the ground. It was 1985 and Back to the Future was a … Continue reading “No Frills and No Tills – Fritz Durst”

By Michael Rogner, River Partners Right now tiny salmon are emerging from the gravels at the bottom of the Sacramento River. Thanks to all of the rain, the river is swollen and quick, and the beginning of their migration out to the Golden Gate is on a fast track. In fact, the river is so … Continue reading “A Watershed Year Ahead? Pathbreaking Efforts To Save Endangered Salmon”