Soil health has the potential to play an outsized role in conserving and protecting California’s valuable water resources, which is at the core of our work. The following report represents an analysis of the barriers preventing California’s growers from implementing soil health practices and solutions to address them.
Rogell Rogers is Sustainable Conservation’s staff Agronomist, and much of his time is spent with his boots on the ground in the Central Valley. He is an expert proponent of groundwater recharge projects, and this past wet year provided him ample opportunities to facilitate on-farm recharge. While Rogell has seen every barrier, pitfall, and pain…
Sustainable Conservation is proud to help coordinate the California Leopold Conservation Award (LCA,) now in its 18th year! Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their exemplary dedication to land, water, and wildlife habitat management on private, working lands. Since 2006, the award has recognized California…
Sustainable Conservation is proud to help coordinate the California Leopold Conservation Award (LCA,) now in its 18th year! Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their exemplary dedication to land, water, and wildlife habitat management on private, working lands. Since 2006, the award has recognized California…
We sat down with Turlock-area grower Christine Gemperle to learn about her motivation to be a leading figure in the on-farm recharge space
Are you a California farmer, rancher, or forestland owner who improves soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on your working land? Apply for the 2023 California Leopold Conservation Award®
We’re taking a moment to thank you for all of the amazing work you helped make possible in 2022.
Meet the California finalists for the Leopold Conservation Award, and learn how their conservation ethos drives their farming every day!
Learn about what your support made possible in 2021 – from accelerating restoration to protecting water quality!
We dove deep into flood risk, floodplain potential, and environmental possibilities with our Water for the Future Program Director Aysha Massell. Now, we’re talking to our entire water team about why our DWR-backed watershed expansion is a watershed moment for Sustainable Conservation, and for California. We chatted about why scale matters when managing water, what…
Last week, the fifth annual California Dairy Sustainability Summit showcased the dairy industry’s efforts to build a more efficient, sustainable dairy sector in partnership with organizations like Sustainable Conservation. We’ve been working with the California dairy industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and protect our critical water resources for over 20 years,…
This week, we’re celebrating our GrizzlyCorps fellow Mikayla Tran for her great contributions to our water team at Sustainable Conservation. Mikayla joined us to help understand the confluence of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) to drive better outcomes in water and sustainable agriculture. Meet Mikayla…