agriculture

California’s Groundwater Rule Could Mean Opportunities, Not Penalties

Near Bakersfield, the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District plans to set up procedures for land retirement and water trading with…

6 years ago

UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to…

6 years ago

Prairie STRIPS program expands with new grant

Narrow strips of native prairie planted on cropland, like the one shown above, can yield immense environmental benefits. The STRIPS…

6 years ago

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado. The Western U.S. is just starting…

6 years ago

Safe drinking water must be a shared value in Minnesota

Proposed rules on agriculture fertilizer would help protect groundwater. It’s hard to persuade residents of a state whose very name…

6 years ago