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Colorado River Drought Behind Rural-Urban Tensions in the Centennial State

Daily Yonder

But Fales isn’t necessarily concerned about California coming for his water rights. California will start it, but when they demand more water from Colorado, Denver is not gonna be helping us out,” he said. Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Fort Collins are going to dictate the [state’s water] policy.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. The NCA5 covers a lot of ground, but this summary focuses on aspects most relevant to agriculture.

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NSAC Heads to the Rockies – A Summer Meeting Recap

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC members had the opportunity to participate in plenary, breakout, and panel sessions around key campaign priorities including Climate and Agriculture, the Farm Safety Net, and Resilient Local and Regional Food Systems, engage in racial equity caucusing, and solidify commitments for grassroots action. In the Q&A portion, Rep.

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In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters

Food Environment and Reporting Network

His strategy, he believed, would help the Nüümü win back their water in one clever move—and upend California’s arcane and inequitable water rights system along the way. For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

Civil Eats

Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” This investor-driven farmland “gold rush” has come with many unintended consequences for agriculture and farmers.

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