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The Green Blog shares news and information related to forestry/wildfire, sustainability, climate, environmental stewardship and other green topics.

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Leaks an untapped opportunity for water savings

March 8, 2022
By Michael Hsu
Before a drop of treated water in California ever reaches a consumer's faucet, about 8% of it has already been wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Nationally, the waste is even higher, at 17%.
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Brent Holtz

Documentary explores the origins of whole orchard recycling

February 2, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Almond Board of California biopic details how one man's vision and determination led to a new best practice in orchard replanting Brent Holtz grew up on the farm his grandfather bought in the 1940s, six miles north of Modesto at the time.
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Sarah Light stands next to waist-high yellow blooms in a field of white mustard.

Farmers invited to tour cover crops in Sacramento Valley March 3

January 24, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Farmers and ranchers are invited on a tour to learn how to use cover crops to build soil health. A full-day tour of several cover crop sites in orchards and annual crop fields in the Sacramento Valley is being offered on March 3 by the Western Cover Crop Council's Southwest Region Committee.
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