Category Archives: Conservation

2018 Leopold Conservation Award seeks nominees

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Office of Public Affairs

The Sand County Foundation, the California Farm Bureau Federation and Sustainable Conservation are accepting applications for the $10,000 California Leopold Conservation Award. The award publicly honors California farmers, ranchers, foresters and other private landowners who demonstrate outstanding stewardship and management … Continue reading →

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To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground – From the NY Times

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Office of Public Affairs

California Today: To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground By:Mike McPhate The climate change fight has focused largely on cutting emissions. But California is now considering another solution: dirt. Whereas an overabundance of carbon in the air has been disrupting … Continue reading →

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Video: Secretary Ross joins celebration of the formation of the California Farm Demonstration Network – from UC ANR

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Office of Public Affairs

The newly formed Farm Demonstration Network is designed to increase the adoption of improved-performance conservation agriculture systems in California. Founding signatories, including CDFA Secretary Karen Ross, gathered on May 5 to launch the network with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): the … Continue reading →

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California and Israel to co-host forum on Water and Agriculture Policy – May 25th in Sacramento

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Office of Public Affairs

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will co-host a joint forum on shared issues related to water and agriculture. The forum will bring together Israeli and Californian government officials … Continue reading →

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Governor Brown Lifts Drought Emergency, Retains Prohibition on Wasteful Practices

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Office of Public Affairs

SACRAMENTO – Following unprecedented water conservation and plentiful winter rain and snow, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today (4-7-17) ended the drought state of emergency in most of California, while maintaining water reporting requirements and prohibitions on wasteful practices, such … Continue reading →

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California to receive nearly $22 million in conservation partnership funding

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

The USDA has  announced that 88 high-impact projects across the U.S. will receive nearly a quarter billion dollars in federal funding as part of the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). In addition, partners have proposed to contribute up to … Continue reading →

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SALC program preserves ag land for climate benefits – from the Strategic Growth Council

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

Its Second Year, Cap-and-Trade Funded SALC Program Commits $37.4 Million to Shield Agricultural Land from Development Twenty California properties may be permanently set aside for agriculture thanks to a first-of-its kind state program that invests in farmland conservation in order … Continue reading →

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USDA Begins Second Year of National Project to Quantify Effects of Agricultural Conservation

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Office of Public Affairs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service is contacting 25,000 farmers and ranchers through August to take part in a national survey that will more accurately measure the environmental benefits associated with implementation and installation of conservation … Continue reading →

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Glimpses of California’s water future – from the Los Angeles Times

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Office of Public Affairs

  By Peter King A sprawl of sewage treatment plants, recharge basins and desalination facilities, stretching out across an industrial backlot near Rancho Cucamonga. A collection of slender, solar-powered telemetry towers rising from an almond orchard in the San Joaquin … Continue reading →

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USDA Seeks Partner Proposals to Protect and Restore Critical Wetlands

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Office of Public Affairs

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the availability of $17.5 million in financial and technical assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on private and tribal agricultural lands. “USDA has leveraged partnerships to accomplish … Continue reading →

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