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Sacramento Valley | Northern California Water Association

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Northern California Water Association. Northern California Water Association. Below provides an overview of water management activities in the Sacramento Valley and it summarizes the findings in the more detailed technical report. These reports are part of our ongoing effort to continually improve water management to promote regional sustainability and ensure that adequate water supplies are available for all uses in the Sacramento Valley. Additional Efficient Water Management Links. A Look inside .

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About the California Rice Commission

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California Rice means more than $5 billion and 25,000 jobs to our state each year, is America's sushi rice source and our fields are home to millions to birds. The Rice Commission supports the family farmers and mills who have excelled for more than a century. Role of the California Rice Commission. The Commission engages in a number of comprehensive regulatory programs on behalf of the industry. The Commission engages in a number of comprehensive regulatory programs on behalf of the industry. Of gre...

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Habitat Value

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California Rice fields provide essential habitat for nearly 230 wildlife species. The value of recreating such habitat without rice farming is estimated at about $2 billion. In addition, the cost of operating and maintaining this land would cost approximately $35 million a year. Look what we can do with just 5 inches of water. Waterbird Habitat Enhancement Program. Great Egret gathering in Colusa County. Steve Beckley photo from Grimes. Check this out on Facebook. RiceNews 2 hours ago.

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Wildlife

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Sacramento Valley rice fields provide unparalleled wildlife habitat to nearly 230 wildlife species. Rice truly is. Ducks, geese and shorebirds by the millions rest, feed and rear their young in rice fields during their annual migrations. Ricelands provide more than 300,000 acres of equivalent wetland. In other words, this amount of new wetlands habitat would have to be created to support the same waterbird populations that California's ricelands support today. Acquiring and restoring this amount ...Rice ...

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Statistics

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Whether local or global, California Rice has a long reputation of consistent supply and premium quality. Here's additional information of the important role California Rice plays:. CA Rice at a Glance. Economic Contributions of the US Rice Industry to the US Economy. California Rice Water Infographic. Sacramento Valley rice fields have only five inches of water in them during the growing season. We enlisted farm dogs Cosby, Duke, Skeeter and Tonka to help tell the story. Check this out on Facebook.

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Crop Protection

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The California rice industry takes a proactive approach to the registration, use and maintenance of pesticides also known as crop protection tools. The California rice industry takes a proactive approach to the registration, use and maintenance of pesticides also known as crop protection tools. The California rice industry takes a positive approach to working with the county and state and federal regulators on stewardship practices to ensure the rice industry maintains the short list of pesticides availa...

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Blog :: The California Rice Commission

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California Rice Growers welcome opportunity to help Waterbirds. May 19, 2015. This report, authored by the three conservation organizations listed above, makes an insightful finding about the cost-effectiveness of WHEP:. Estimates suggest that, at current costs, an annual payment program similar to WHEP could conceivably be run for hundreds of years and still cost less than permanently acquiring and restoring the same amount of land. What programs and resources will this effort include? Now a component o...

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Water Quality

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California rice has been a leader in improving water quality for more than 20 years by innovatively working with programs that decrease concentrations of select pesticides in the surface water of the rice-growing region. A Critical Area for California Rice. Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. Long-term Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program. According to regulations imposed by Legislature and the CVRWQCB, property owners of irrigated agricultural lands must decide whether to participate as a group or individ...

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How Rice Grows

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Nowhere in the world is rice production more advanced than in California. Careful attention to every step in the cropping cycle and milling ensures that rice produced in our warm Mediterranean climate meets-and often exceeds-customers' expectations for great rice. Flying at 100 mph, planes plant the fields from the air. The heavy seeds sink into the furrows and begin to grow. The rice seedlings are now ready to begin their four to five-month journey to maturity. Early in the growing cycle, one to two...