Protected: Improving Recharge Outcomes and Soil Health: Combining Cover Cropping and On-Farm Recharge in California Pistachio Orchards
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Tag Archives: Water Quality
Dairy PLUS: Advancing Sustainable Practices to Reduce Nutrient Surpluses and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) are now accepting grant applications through the Dairy PLUS program from dairies for the installation of equipment and the implementation of practices that result in long-term methane emissions reductions and nutrient surplus reductions. At Sustainable Conservation, we are committed to…
Sustainable Conservation and Netafim USA Secure Conservation Innovation Grant to Pilot Subsurface Drip Irrigation System on Almond Crops
Sustainable Conservation, in partnership with Netafim USA, is excited to announce the award of a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This grant will fund a first-of-its-kind pilot project at De Jager Dairy, where the award-winning Subsurface Drip Irrigation for Dairy Effluent (SDI-E) system will be adapted to irrigate and fertilize almond crops.
From Runoff to Recharge StoryMap
Practical strategies for how to manage and broaden recharge benefits for communities, ecosystems, agriculture, and flood risk reduction.
Welcome Sarah Reuter!
Join us in welcoming Sarah, the team’s Hydrologist!
Groundwater Awareness Week Blog Series: Water Quality and Recharge
For 2024 Groundwater Awareness Week, Sustainable Conservation is highlighting the avenues through which we strive to scale recharge efforts throughout the state.
A Look Back on Water in a Warming World
A resounding THANK YOU to everyone who joined us this fall for our Water in a Warming World event series! We’re so grateful to all of our amazing panelists, staff members, and guests who contributed to our rich dives into various aspects of California’s water system, climate readiness, and water quality. Many thanks also to…
Become a California Conservationist on #GivingTuesday2021!
This Giving Tuesday, become a California Conservationist! We’ve faced many challenges together , and climate change is accelerating our already intense drought and deluge water cycle. Make a gift today to help put water back into our underground aquifers in ways that protect community water quality. If you have already made a generous gift to…
Water in a Warming World: Protecting Drinking Water While Replenishing Aquifers
Missed the latest webinar in our Water in a Warming World series? We’ve got you covered with highlights and a full recording of the event. Sustainable Conservation’s Water Program Director Aysha Massell moderated a fantastic panel of experts who discussed how San Joaquin Valley communities are impacted by drinking water issues, the negative and positive potentials of groundwater…
2020 Annual Report
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION IN 2020. As you know, the ethos of Sustainable Conservation is collaboration – with our partners, and with you, our community of donors. Your generosity and solidarity make Sustainable Conservation’s work possible! With the hurdles that we all continue to face, it means so much to have you in…
Science Brief: Water Solutions in our Soil
Sustainable Conservation’s Elliot Grant and Kelli McCune work diligently to sleuth out soil health and conservation incentive solutions. We hope you enjoy this excerpt from the latest issue of our Thrive California newsletter. We can support healthy soils – and the water quality and climate solutions they provide – by bringing a time-worn method back…
Building a Sustainable Economy: Meet Adán Ortega
Behind every environmental win in California are the people who work to make collaboration and progress possible. We couldn’t do what we do every day without folks who are willing to think differently, see possibilities, and make change together. We sat down with Adán Ortega, long-time Board member and supporter, to learn about why he…