A new draft plan for water conservation in California was rolled out this week by the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Energy Commission toward achieving long-term, efficient water use and meeting drought preparedness …
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A $14 million grant of voter-approved bond funds from the state Wildlife Conservation Board to the California Department of Water Resources will be used to aid in the construction of some 640 acres of wetland habitat at the Salton Sea. The habitat is designed to sustain tilapia for the plethora …
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The Chino Basin Water Conservation District will be offering G3’s US EP WaterSense recognized Watershed Wise Landscape Professional Certification (WWLP) program in early December for conservation, water quality and landscape professionals to evaluate irrigation systems and factor rainwater use efficiency into outdoor water efficiency analysis and to earn the WWLP …
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The Rancho California Water District (RCWD), located in Temecula, is providing potential financial assistance for the district’s agricultural and ag/residential customer who participate in crop conversion projects to save water. The CropSWAP Program (SWAP – Sustainable Water for Agricultural Production) is the district’s effort to save water through the conversion …
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The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Assessment on providing the Central Valley Project Conservation Program and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program with $576,000 to purchase a conservation easement on the Todisco Ranch. Located in Madera County, the easement would preserve 480 acres of grasslands, …
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The Bay Nature Institute has recently completed its review of more than fifty nominations for the Bay Nature “Local Heroes” for 2017 and has selected four recipients for the three awards. David Loeb, publisher of Bay Nature magazine recently summed up succinctly the reason the institute and the magazine annually …
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