Across three California dairies and more than 90 samples, EC measurements closely tracked total nitrogen, ammonium, and estimated plant-available nitrogen concentrations in blended lagoon water. The relationship was strong across farms and different manure management conditions, suggesting EC could provide a useful estimate of nitrogen even as manure composition and dairy characteristics change.
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Last week’s California Dairy Sustainability Summit showcased promising industry-driven partnerships and solutions to water and greenhouse gas emission challenges in California.
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Happy new year to you and your family and friends. Thank you for being part of the Sustainable Conservation community! A more sustainable water future is possible, and our climate resilience matters now more than ever. We’re grateful for your generosity and steadfast support and are proud to celebrate 30 years of sustainable and transformational…
We’re celebrating 30 years with a look back on our early successes and how our programs have grown.
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Sustainable Conservation donor and Los Angeles native Kate Ridgway has been starstruck since she was five years old, when her father took her out of the urban sprawl of LA and up to her family’s forest service cabin at Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. “After dark, we went down to the lake…
Despite 2021’s many curveballs, we’ve shared a year of hard-won progress toward thriving California communities, farms, and wildlife. From the water pumped up from our aquifers that sustains us during droughts to the families who grow the food we eat, and the habitat that nourishes our plant and animal neighbors – our health depends on so much…