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As the California drought continues, the agricultural industry has been greatly impacted. Because so few crops are available for bees to pollinate, they aren’t producing as much honey as they normally do. And it leaves beekeepers in the red financially. “In the drought years we just don’t make as much honey,” Gene …

Yucaipa Valley Water District will be hosting an educational seminar with Molly Bogh, author of Life After Lawns – 8 Steps from Grass to a Waterwise Garden on October 3 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bogh is a former city planner for the city of Highland who co-authored “Life …

The University of California and the Department of Energy are working together to explain plant survival under severe drought conditions. The $12.3 million study is being conducted to examine the effects of climate change on California’s agricultural industry. The study will focus primarily on epigenetics, the study of trait variations …

As the California drought continues to be an issue across the western United States, everyone on both sides of the political aisle are wondering how to address the problem. Environmentalists in California believe they have the answer: a newly proposed water bond. The proposed bond doesn’t have an exact amount …

The Mountain Meadow Reservoir has run dry after record low water levels. Dead fish lay where the lake once was. Because of the severity of the California drought, Pacific Gas & Electric, who own water rights to the reservoir, said they aren’t surprised it ran dry. “It’s the situation we …

In 1996, Congress established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which provides cities, states and utility agencies with low-interest loans as a means of maintaining the country’s aging water system. For the past few years, Congress has approved $900 million on an annual basis. One in five dollars has gone …