Westlands plans water rationing
By Dennis Pollock / The Fresno Bee
05/30/08 13:01:31

fter the driest spring in more than 80 years, the Westlands Water District, the nation's largest, has begun rationing water.

Westlands spokeswoman Sarah Woolf said farmers in the 600,000-acre district will receive about two thirds of the water they would normally apply on crops between now and Aug. 3 .

An effort in Yolo County aims to help the wood duck population recover.

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Daniel Weintraub:
Old idea that’s new again: Rainwater harvesting
Sacramento Bee – 5/29/08

By Daniel Weintraub

With California on the edge of drought and water restrictions already beginning in some areas, the state might soon be looking toward an ancient practice that is attracting renewed interest around the world: rainwater harvesting.

Dry year fuels early water war
Delta farmers, coalition spar over water diversion
The Stockton Record – 5/29/08

By Alex Breitler, staff writer

A coalition of water users claims that farmers in the south Delta are illegally diverting water and asks state regulators to step in and protect water supplies during this dry year.

Press Release Release No. 0136.08
Contact:
William Hohenstein 202-720-6698
Brenda Chapin 202-720-5447

U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM RELEASES REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE, LAND AND WATER RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY

Fallowing program falls short

Imperial Valley Press – 5/22/08

By Brianna Lusk, staff writer

With the rising prices of commodities, the Imperial Irrigation District has found itself competing against the market for water.

IID Water Manager Mike King said the number of acres that will be left idle in the next year to conserve water for transfer is about 5,000 acre-feet short.

The district raised the incentives for fallowing this year for farmers to $85 an acre-foot in order to entice more to participate.

Mercury Rising

Dealing With the Dark Legacy of the Gold Rush

Yubanet.com – 5/23/08

By: Don Baumgart, Sierra Citizen

Big investors seek stricter U.S. climate laws

By Rachelle Younglai

REUTERS

WASHINGTON – Investors managing more than $2.3 trillion urged the government Tuesday to enact strict laws to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying lax regulation could hurt the competitiveness of U.S. companies.

75,000 smolts die in transit

Almost half the salmon haul didn't make it to the coast

Redding Record Searchlight – 5/20/08

By Dylan Darling, staff writer

About 75,000 of 180,000 young fall-run Chinook salmon being hauled in tanker trucks from

Coleman National Fish Hatchery in Anderson to San Pablo Bay near Vallejo Monday died.

Green pedicure

Footprints in carbon, nitrogen and water

The Economist – 5/19/08