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Assessing wildlife use of agricultural ditches

Summary: Vegetated agricultural ditches provide environmental benefits, such as filtration and removal of sediment, nutrients, and pesticides from water, but they may also encourage the presence of wildlife near and/or in crops, posing potential food safety risks.
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Better understanding where water goes when it rains

Summary: Understanding how rainfall becomes streamflow in a river or stored groundwater in an aquifer is critical to managing both water quality and quantity and developing groundwater sustainability plans that limit and address undesirable results.
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T Double R Farms

Introduction Ten years ago, Rob Schuh was on the verge of retiring as a farmer. Being a lifelong farmer, he had become disillusioned by how farming had become a series of numbers, adding and subtracting pounds of fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide every year.
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CIWR Sponsored Research

Supporting Water Research in California The California Institute for Water Resources supports academic researchers in California through funding of the Water Resources Research Act.
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News and Events

Water Talk Podcast An award-winning podcast by California scientists for the water curious! The goal of Water Talk is to bring communities across California together to talk about water issues, including climate change,equity, and access.
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