Reformist farmers in California are rethinking water - NPR - December 2022
Reformist farmers in California have deposed the leader of the country's biggest irrigation district, who was known for fighting water regulations. Farmers are accepting less water means less farming.
Worsening Drought Drives California Water Prices to All-Time High
Reformist farmers in California are rethinking water - NPR - December 2022
Reformist farmers in California have deposed the leader of the country's biggest irrigation district, who was known for fighting water regulations. Farmers are accepting less water means less farming.
Worsening Drought Drives California Water Prices to All-Time High - Bloomberg - August 2022
California water prices are at all-time high as a severe drought chokes off supplies to cities and farms across the Golden State.
Environmental Defense Fund Blog - July 2022
There we were, 19 of us on the stony shore of the Tuolumne River, feeling a bit stranded like the crew of Gilligan’s Island.
Our “Finding Common Water” rafting excursion was planned around “no water Wednesday,” when river releases are held back for water conservation and infrastructure maintenance. The trip’s goal: Get off our desk chairs and onto rafts, out of the ordinary and into an extraordinary setting — a hot, highly regulated, wild and scenic river — to push us out of our comfort zone and get to work on addressing real water problems.
This farmland repurposing project is delivering 3 benefits. A park may be next.
- Environmental Defense Fund Blog - April 2022
This former hemp field has been regraded to recharge groundwater from the creek during the next big storm in order to provide both water supply and flood control benefits. It’s an example of the kind of project that could be funded by the state’s new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, which launched this year with an initial $50 million. The program was created to help ease the transition for farmers to sustainable groundwater management while creating new benefits on previously irrigated land.
Crating Collaborative Recharge Partnerships in the San Joaquin Valley - PPIC - October 2021
Water futures market fails to make a splash with California farmers - Reuters - June 2021
California drought enters dangerous territory. What’s ahead for fish, farms and cities - The Sacramento Bee - May 2021
In just a few weeks, California’s wat
Crating Collaborative Recharge Partnerships in the San Joaquin Valley - PPIC - October 2021
Water futures market fails to make a splash with California farmers - Reuters - June 2021
California drought enters dangerous territory. What’s ahead for fish, farms and cities - The Sacramento Bee - May 2021
In just a few weeks, California’s water conditions have gone from bad to terrible.
CONTRIBUTED CONTENT: WHY CALIFORNIA’S WATER CRISIS IS EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM - Women in Agribusiness Quarterly Journal - Winter 2020
Small Farmers Wait for California’s Groundwater Hammer to Fall - Stanford University's And the West - January 2020
Trump ‘gets what you’re saying’: Agriculture secretary talks immigration, water and food stamps on California tour - LA Times - February 2018
Sarah Woolf on the Importance of USBR Water Deliveries - California Farm Water Coalition
Testimony of Sarah Woolf, Fresno County Farmer Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate - US Senate - October 2015
Water runoff not being diverted to Valley reservoirs - KMPH - May 2016
Some California farms getting full water supplies - Bakersfield Now - April 2016
ALUMNI SARAH CLARK WOOLF NAMED TO FRESNO STATE ADVISORY BOARDS - Fresno State News - February 2016
California Farmers Ask: Hey Buddy, Can You Spare Some Water? - KUNR - June 2014
Should Our Drinking Water Come from the Ocean or the Toilet? Zocalo Public Square - June 2014
What is water worth? - Fortune - May 2014
California's Drought Isn't Making Food Cost More. Here's Why - NPR - May 2014