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  • California water-rights holders can get certified to take the required water measurements themselves.
    Water measurement and reporting course offered by UCCE Nov. 18

    Oct 30, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • State law requires restaurants to offer healthy beverages by default with kids' meals to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.
    New policies can inspire families to provide healthy beverages to children

    Aug 20, 2020

    • Food
  • Groundwater is drawn by a pump to irrigate almonds in Fresno County.
    One-fifth of valley farmland to go fallow when groundwater rules go into effect

    Mar 25, 2020

    • Environment
  • At the training, participants learn accuracy tips such as making sure the measurement location is level with weir crest. Photo by Larry Forero
    Water measurement and reporting courses offered by UCCE April 14

    Mar 4, 2020

    • Agriculture
  • Image of bottled water on a store shelf from Pixabay.
    Bottled water sales track community response to water contamination

    Oct 1, 2019

    • Family
  • Tracy Schohr samples water in a stream in Butte County below the town of Paradise. Photo by Ryan Schohr
    Camp Fire researchers to share findings June 4 in Chico

    May 17, 2019

    • Environment
    • Health
    • Natural Resources
  • Ghost pines, live oaks, black oaks and madrones, among other trees, make their stand interspersed with annual and perennial grasses at the headwaters of a California watershed. (Photo: David Lewis)
    Headwaters

    Apr 15, 2019

    • Environment
  • Ghost pines, live oaks, black oaks and madrones, among other trees, make their stand interspersed with annual and perennial grasses at the headwaters of a California watershed. (Photo: David Lewis)
    Headwaters

    Apr 15, 2019

    • Natural Resources
  • Nitrates are water soluble and do not adhere to soil, so they may leach during irrigation.
    UC ANR publishes nitrogen management advice for fruit, nuts and other crops

    Mar 25, 2019

    • Agriculture
  • Many students attend public schools in the U.S. where tap water is not tested for lead contamination.
    Study finds schools across the nation have too much lead in drinking water

    Mar 7, 2019

    • Family
    • Health
  • At the water measurement training, participants learn accuracy tips such as making sure the measurement location is level with the weir crest.
    UC Cooperative Extension offers water measurement and reporting courses April 4

    Mar 5, 2019

    • Natural Resources
  • California water travels from the high-mountain headwaters of the Sierra Nevada to the vast groundwater basins in the valleys below.
    Communication is key to action on California’s new water narrative

    Nov 1, 2018

    • Environment
  • From left, Ermias Kebreab, Eli Feinerman and Mark Bell sign agreement for Israel and California scientists to collaborate more on water-related research and education.
    UC and Israel sign agricultural research agreement

    Jul 20, 2018

    • Agriculture
    • Natural Resources
  • 'Never before has grower education and training been more critical for irrigated agriculture in the state,' said Dan Munk, UC Cooperative Extension irrigation and soils advisor in Fresno County.
    California Plant and Soil Conference convenes in Fresno Feb. 6-7

    Feb 2, 2018

    • Agriculture
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    Trends we're watching in 2018: experts weigh in on water, GM, science communication and more

    Jan 9, 2018

    • Food
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    Joining forces to promote child health and wellness

    Nov 6, 2017

  • Participants gather around the first soil pit of the field tour, as Toby O'Geen provides a brief natural history of the land.
    Digging Deep: Exploring the diversity of soils in the Sacramento Valley

    Oct 30, 2017

  • $1.6M from NSF to Study Water, Land Use in Disadvantaged Communities

    Sep 14, 2017

  • Salton Sea. Photo courtesy of NASA
    New dust sources resulting from a shrinking Salton Sea have negative ecological and health impacts

    Aug 8, 2017

  • Traveling in two vans, 10 students, a teachers' assistant and two professors are following the course of California water.
    Future water leaders soak up irrigation information

    Jun 23, 2017

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