RELEVANT ARTICLES
Northern California farmers facing water cutbacks band together
CAPITAL PRESS
PUBLISHED APRIL 27, 2022 • 5 MIN READ
FORT JONES, Calif. — Farmers and ranchers in the rural Scott Valley of Northern California are banding together to advocate for farms as the area faces the potential loss of 100% of its irrigation water this summer.
They call their new group the Scott Valley Agriculture Water Alliance, or Scott Valley AgWA.
Are Curtailments a Balanced Use of Water?
CALIFORNIA FARM WATER COALITION
PUBLISHED MARCH 11, 2022 • 5 MIN READ
California’s water supply continues to face serious challenges and nowhere is the evidence clearer than on the farms that grow our food. Some of the most critical shortages expected this year extend from the Klamath Basin and Scott Valley, near the Oregon border, to Bakersfield at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley.
The Deceptively Simple Plan to Replenish California’s Groundwater
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
PUBLISHED MARCH 23, 2022 • 13 MIN READ
The Kearney Agricultural Research Center in California’s San Joaquin Valley is part of a grand experiment that many hope will help solve the state’s deepening water crisis. To make up the persistent shortfall from rain and snow, they are pumping groundwater—and doing so far faster than water can trickle down from the surface to replenish underground aquifers.
Love Letters from the California Water Board
RANGE MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED SPRING 2022 • 5 MIN READ
A fictional parody demonstrates Scott Valley’s all-too-real water crisis, brought on by the state’s curtailment of agriculture water use.
Scott River’s Coho Success Story
SISKIYOU DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED MARCH 16, 2022 • 5 MIN READ
The Scott River is recognized as the biggest producer of coho salmon in the Klamath River basin. It also shows significantly increasing coho numbers, now comparable to counts from 60 years ago. However, recent regulatory actions by state agencies are making the Scott River’s good coho status not a badge of honor but the target of undeserved penalties.
Urgent Help for Scott Valley Farmers
SISKIYOU DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED MARCH 28, 2022 • 5 MIN READ
With the unprecedented curtailment of all well water rights under the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWB) Drought Emergency Order, farmers in Scott Valley are facing a possible 100% loss of water for irrigation this summer. But help may be available.