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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:51 +0000 en hourly 1 A new tool for mapping water use and drought http://aquafornia.com/archives/61651 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61651#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:28 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61651 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61651/feed 0 Friday’s top of the scroll: Westlands Water District suing feds for $1 billion http://aquafornia.com/archives/61301 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61301#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:55:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61301 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61301/feed 0 Central Coast: Ag runoff center of water quality debate http://aquafornia.com/archives/61237 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61237#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:10 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61237 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61237/feed 0 California citrus growers grapple with water issues http://aquafornia.com/archives/61105 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61105#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:12:10 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61105 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61105/feed 0 Southern California: Winter shaping up to be a dry one; causing problems for area’s dryland farmers http://aquafornia.com/archives/61042 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61042#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:15:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=61042 http://aquafornia.com/archives/61042/feed 0 California Farm Bureau Federation seeks more political clout http://aquafornia.com/archives/60990 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60990#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:12:48 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60990 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60990/feed 1 San Joaquin Valley: After giving crops a midwinter drink, canals to empty once more http://aquafornia.com/archives/60794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60794#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:19:11 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60794 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60794/feed 0 Water debate renewed after Fresno State report http://aquafornia.com/archives/60766 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60766#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:58:34 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60766 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60766/feed 1 It takes alfalfa to make ice cream http://aquafornia.com/archives/60653 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60653#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:15 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60653 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60653/feed 1 Journal article: Modifying agricultural water management to adapt to climate change in California’s Central Valley http://aquafornia.com/archives/60615 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60615#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:42:45 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60615 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60615/feed 0 Don Curlee: Water transfers are nothing new http://aquafornia.com/archives/60565 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60565#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:55:31 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60565 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60565/feed 1 New tool for cleaning up soils and waterways in the San Joaquin Valley: Prickly Pear http://aquafornia.com/archives/60408 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60408#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:23:46 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60408 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60408/feed 1 Conservation tillage jumps in Central Valley http://aquafornia.com/archives/60406 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60406#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:21:29 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60406 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60406/feed 0 Monday’s top of the scroll: El Dorado joins Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino in fish-friendly farm effort http://aquafornia.com/archives/60349 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60349#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:02:20 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60349 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60349/feed 1 Column: Report confirms water efficiency http://aquafornia.com/archives/60223 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60223#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:46:20 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60223 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60223/feed 0 Dry start to winter means early start for crop irrigation http://aquafornia.com/archives/60088 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60088#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:33:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60088 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60088/feed 0 Commentary: Farmers can convert a water crisis into an opportunity http://aquafornia.com/archives/60066 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60066#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:43:19 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=60066 http://aquafornia.com/archives/60066/feed 0 YouTube: Working with farmers to decrease Nitrogen pollution http://aquafornia.com/archives/59871 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59871#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:42:32 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59871 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59871/feed 0 Merced-area’s farmers not panicking yet over dry winter http://aquafornia.com/archives/59697 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59697#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:43:49 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59697 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59697/feed 1 Central Valley farmers to get early water delivery http://aquafornia.com/archives/59695 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59695#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:40:24 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59695 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59695/feed 0 After dry months, farmers hope for a rainy January http://aquafornia.com/archives/59682 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59682#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:31:51 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59682 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59682/feed 1 Water crisis growing on California’s Central Coast http://aquafornia.com/archives/59653 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59653#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:48:50 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59653 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59653/feed 0 Water works: Monticello Dam key to agricultural success http://aquafornia.com/archives/59596 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59596#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:05:43 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59596 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59596/feed 0 Irrigation water concerns cloud prosperous almond industry http://aquafornia.com/archives/59500 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59500#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:57:44 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59500 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59500/feed 0 Water, water everywhere: Harvesting winter’s rain to keep summer’s soil moist http://aquafornia.com/archives/59212 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59212#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:37:33 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59212 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59212/feed 0 Impact of climate change on agriculture: UC Riverside scholar co-edits timely handbook on the subject http://aquafornia.com/archives/59123 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59123#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:32:54 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59123 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59123/feed 0 California agriculture gets good news in water poll http://aquafornia.com/archives/59121 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59121#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:31:08 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59121 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59121/feed 0 Modesto-area water coalition notes progress: Clean groundwater next for group of farmers in area http://aquafornia.com/archives/59001 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59001#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:25:36 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=59001 http://aquafornia.com/archives/59001/feed 0 Work of Kings Basin Water Authority praised by Pacific Institute as example of good management http://aquafornia.com/archives/58903 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58903#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:41:56 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58903 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58903/feed 1 Putting farmland on a fertilizer diet http://aquafornia.com/archives/58899 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58899#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:35:26 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58899 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58899/feed 0 Ranchers say proposed EPA water safety rule poses threat http://aquafornia.com/archives/58854 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58854#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:54:19 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58854 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58854/feed 0 Valley Economy blog: Westlands has lowest fallowing in a decade in 2011 while Mendota sets unemployment record (according to CA EDD) http://aquafornia.com/archives/58765 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58765#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:54:44 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58765 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58765/feed 1 As global population grows, water matters more http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:29:53 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58750 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58750/feed 0 Delta National Park blog: The multiple functioning bypass http://aquafornia.com/archives/58596 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58596#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:19:16 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58596 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58596/feed 0 Pacific Institute: New success stories and interviews on agricultural water stewardship show sustainable water management http://aquafornia.com/archives/58512 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58512#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:25:02 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58512 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58512/feed 0 Farmer-funded water research criticized http://aquafornia.com/archives/58432 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58432#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:15:44 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58432 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58432/feed 0 Peter Gleick: Transcending old thinking about California agricultural water use http://aquafornia.com/archives/58316 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58316#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:10:59 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58316 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58316/feed 1 Central Coast water quality compliance costly: Study shows impact to ag worth millions locally http://aquafornia.com/archives/58175 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58175#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:33:37 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58175 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58175/feed 1 Here’s a few more stories on salmon eggs and ag water conservation …. http://aquafornia.com/archives/58049 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58049#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:00:06 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58049 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58049/feed 0 California farms are looking greener than ever: With prices for many crops near all-time highs, farm income is expected to post strong gains this year http://aquafornia.com/archives/58038 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58038#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:37:51 +0000 Maven http://aquafornia.com/?p=58038 http://aquafornia.com/archives/58038/feed 1