Santa Rosa, California - State representatives will recognize landowners, grape growers, agencies and environmental groups for their part in the development of voluntary programs to save water and protect local fish species in the Russian River watershed during the drought. The recognition will take place at a press conference on Friday, October 2 at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens in Santa Rosa.

Sacramento, California - The California State Lands Commission (SLC) and the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are pursuing an exchange of state and federal lands in the California desert that will protect conservation lands and facilitate renewable energy development.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Sacramento, California - California State Board of Food and Agriculture board members will discuss groundwater management and land subsidence at their next public meeting on Tuesday, October 6th  2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 'N' Street – Main Auditorium, Sacramento.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills:

Sacramento, California - In the wake of the Valley and Butte fires, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) staffs in California are meeting with landowners and Agencies to assess damages and offer technical and financial assistance where possible.