California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Ringside: Steps Toward Water Abundance

October 16, 2025 8:00 amOctober 16, 2025 8:01 am

Earlier this month a letter was sent to Governor Gavin Newsom from the State Water Contractors, an association of 27 water agencies that together deliver water to nearly 30 million Californians and irrigate nearly one million acres of farmland. This letter is...

Ringside: Quantifying the Upside of More Lawns

January 22, 2025 2:47 pmJanuary 22, 2025 2:47 pm

A respected advocate for farming interests in California once explained to me that every acre of lawn requires 5 acre feet of water per year. The unsubtle implication was that the more lawn we kill, the less water we waste....