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Finding New Uses for Farmland in the Heart of Ag Country Is a Daunting Task

Pressure is mounting to find new uses for an estimated 70,000 acres – or 20% – of farmland in southern Tulare County that will likely be tak...

Finding New Uses for Farmland in the Heart of Ag Country Is a Daunting Task

Pressure is mounting to find new uses for an estimated 70,000 acres – or 20% – of farmland in southern Tulare County that will likely be tak...

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Feds Again Bump Up Water Allocation for Many Fresno County Farmers

The Federal Bureau of Reclamation is increasing the amount of water available for Fresno County farmers through the Central Valley Project d...

/ 3 weeks ago

Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down Again. Will CA’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Alastair Bland CalMatters Facing the continued colla...

/ 1 month ago

Porterville Irrigation District Kills Partnership Amid Accusations of Power Mongering

Less than two months after agreeing to join forces with the city of Porterville to manage area groundwater, the Porterville Irrigation Distr...

/ 1 month ago

Hurtado’s Bill Seeks More Funds to Protect South Valley From Floods

Legislation that aims to reduce downstream disasters by funding floodplain restoration projects in Kern, Tulare and Kings counties was intro...

/ 2 months ago

Order That Kept Water in the Kern River Reversed by 5th District Court of Appeal

In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California, the 5th District Court of A...

/ 2 months ago

Progress Picks Up on Well Registration Efforts Among Kings County Landowners

Lemoore area growers and landowners weren’t happy about giving out their well locations and pumping data but said, if they had to, they’d ra...

/ 2 months ago

CA Snowpack Is Near-Average. What Does This Mean for Water Supplies?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recen...

/ 2 months ago

Westlands’ New Science Adviser Brings Deep Knowledge of Fish

The country’s largest public water district hired a new science adviser to guide the organization and help balance water availability ...

/ 2 months ago

Tea Pot Dome Agrees to Pay $1.4M for Canal Fix, Share Pumping Data With Friant

Tea Pot Dome Water District has agreed to pay Friant Water Authority $1.4 million in exchange for relief from its role in a contract designe...

/ 3 months ago

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Work Requirements Could Transform Medicaid and Food Aid Under US Budget Bill

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Stop Making Cents: US Mint Moves Forward With Plans to Kill the Penny

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Fresno County Detectives Revive 2017 Drive-By Murder Case

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Fresno Unified Is Fixing Accessibility to HR Building After Months of Complaints

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Fresno Affordable Housing Takes a Huge Hit. State Kills City’s ‘Pro-Housing’ Status

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Trump Admin Bars Harvard From Enrolling Foreign Students

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