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U.S. farmers and rancers are facing the prospect of a continuation of one of the worst droughts in nearly 50 years....More

The Aamodt water rights settlement provides innovative mechanisms for managing water in the Pojoaque River basin to satisfy the Pueblos’ current and future water needs while minimizing disruption to the non-Indian water users. In addition to the four tribes, this process has included the State of New Mexico, Santa Fe County, the City of Santa Fe, and numerous local water users....More

The California release of a third of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) generated plenty of interest and a wide disparity of reactions to the first part of the 50-year plan to “fix” the turnbuckle of the state's water supply system....More

$10 million in grants is available for groundwater banking or recharge projects within the Central Valley Project....More

The farm on the campus of Fresno State University will soon be home to a state‐of‐the‐art demonstration facility for innovative water and energy management technologies in agriculture....More

A disaster may await San Joaquin Valley farmers if a plan featuring a single tunnel to convey water through the Delta becomes a reality....More

San Joaquin Valley farmers received a disappointing water delivery announcement of only 25 percent from the federal Central Valley Project....More

As interest in groundwater nitrogen increases, farm managers across California are going to be placed in the position of documenting efficient nitrogen application and where applied nitrogen goes....More

Part groundhog and part Federal Reserve chairman whose utterances on the state of the snowpack can move California’s multibillion-dollar agricultural industry, Frank Gehrke has led the Department of Water Resources’ snowpack surveys for a quarter-century....More

“In a year when we are already facing a tight water supply, the situation has been made even more absurd and devastating to our water users by this regulatory decision,” said Rep. Jim Costa....More

Growers within the East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition (ESJWQC) will be expected to track their nitrogen use and efforts to protect both surface and ground water starting in 2014....More