Global climate models predict increases over time in average temperature worldwide, with significant impacts on local patterns of temperature and precipitation. The extent to which such changes present a risk to food supplies, farmer livelihoods, and rural communities depends in part on the...

This publication presents field observations on the changes in the plant and animal communities during the first 5 years of operation of the Leaky Acres Recharge Facility, Fresno, Calif. The nature and magnitude of ecological changes were recorded as the aquatic environment was generated and...

Furrow diking can prevent irrigation and rainfall runoff, conserve energy use, prevent soil loss, amd allow producers to reclaim land otherwise unusable, depending on soil, climate, and crops grown in a given area. Initial investment to use this technique may be recovered within the first...