Conservation

The versatile little nut that is used to make almond milk, almond flour, almond butter and can be enjoyed by the handful, not only packs a nutritious punch but is living up to the state’s need to save water. According to the University of California, almond growers have reduced the …

More than 1.8 million acres, equal to nearly 3,000 square miles, of protected “critical habitat” was designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday for three endangered amphibians – the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, the Yosemite toad and the northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. In 2000, …

Coordinated efforts by Arizona, California and Nevada have forestalled mandatory water restrictions at Lake Mead for another year. But, should the four-plus year drought continue in the western states the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation is projecting that by 2018 the lake’s levels could fall short by less than one …

A new irrigation efficiency program and an awareness program has been developed by the city of Redlands (San Bernardino County) in lieu of $61,000 fine by State Water Resources Control Board.  The city had been assessed the financial fine in the fall of 2015 for alleged failure to achieve its …

The Save Our Water partnership between the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have launched a new summer conservation messaging campaign – Don’t Waste Summer. The new messaging campaign seeks to encourage businesses, government agencies and California residents to take steps to …

The State Water Resources Control Board released June’s water conservation data on Tuesday, the first month without mandatory conservation targets across the state. The June 2016 savings fell to a 21.5 percent savings as opposed to the 27.5 percent savings from the same period in 2015. Although new regulations took …