Citrus demand expected to ramp up even more with New Yearâs health resolutions
The California citrus season continues to move along at a steady pace, though some recent rains have slowed down the harvest a bit. Jesse Silva of Kings River Packing shares: âThe past months the weather has been really dry, so we saw really excellent picking conditions. In the last two weeks, however, there has been more fog and some rain. The fruit needs to be picked dry, so we have to plan out our picking moments a bit more when the weather is like this, but we donât mind it because it allows us to plan our harvest well and pick according to the demand. So, the rain is definitely welcome because it helps to refill the aquafers and the snow will bring good runoff from the mountains in the spring.â
Waterworks project funding/looks like rain/Kings River water dispute gets hearing
Water bills would help fix subsidence damage: A package of water bills passed Congress this week that could offer hundreds of millions to improve San Joaquin Valley water deliveries. Folded into the same bill that will be offering COVID relief was the government s annual spending bill that included funding approval for key local canals and dams. Significantly it includes $206 million to rebuild 33 miles of the Friant Kern Canal and monies for the repair of the westside s California Aqueduct and Delta Mendota Canal â all facing reduced capacity due to subsidence- the sinking of land caused by vigorous water pumping nearby over the years.
California’s 58 Counties Offer Up Unique Footprints Count On Them
Imperial County is intriguing at least for me anyway.
The reason is simple. It is the only one of the 58 counties in California I’ve never visited.
It also happens to be the newest county as it was carved out of San Diego County in 1907.
Imperial County is where you will find what some call “the biggest environmental disaster in California history” the Salton Sea. Some may argue that is a bit of an overstatement given what Los Angeles did to Owens Lake that once covered 200 square miles before being sucked almost dry or what farmers in the South San Joaquin Valley did to Tulare Lake.