Tag Archives: conservation

A water-efficient demonstration garden – or pocket park – has earned the city of San Clemente the 8th Annual Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. Each April, cities across the nation compete in the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. This noteworthy, month-long competition encourages people from coast-to-coast …

A $2.01 million award from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will fund the expansion of Fresno-based Netafim’s closed-loop recycling operation to collect, shred, wash, and pelletize an additional 9,612 tons per year of used irrigation tubing at the end of the material’s useful life. The grant …

The on-going issues of climate change, frequent droughts, groundwater depletion, land subsidence, rising costs for imported water, water conservation and water contamination are topics which are heard on virtually a daily basis and impact the lives of all Californians. Whereas adults are becoming accustomed to these issues now becoming a …

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has received $8.5 million in funding from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (SSJDC) inn order to expand its efforts in eradicating nutria, the agricultural pest known for destroying critical wetlands needed by native wildlife. The grant funding is for use over a …

The University of California, Davis’ California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH) recently received an undisclosed donation from TreeTown USA to help develop water-conserving landscapes under its SmartLandscape Initiative. TreeTown USA is a privately-owned business headquartered in Houston with 18 growing facilities totaling over 6,000 production acres across Texas, Florida, Oregon, …

In hopes of securing the region’s water supply and protect endangered salmon species in the Eel River and upper Russian River, three north coast groups are working towards adopting a Potter Valley Project planning agreement following Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company’s announcement in January that  they would not seek …