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Her neighbor, Raines Cohen, says the residents in the 14-home community were already working hard on conserving and have cut back nearly 1,000 gallons a day from their total usage a couple years ago. That level of conservation would net them $3,650 a year in rebates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can see if we can keep that up, but we now have a strong incentive because of rebates,” Cohen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are the rebates enough to make people cut back their water use? We don't know, says MeterHero founder McGee Young.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It's a big experiment. No one has tried to put a price on conservation.'\u003ccite>McGee Young, MeterHero founder \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It's a big experiment,\" Young says. \"No one has tried to put a price on conservation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is really innovative here, Young says, is establishing these tangible rebates and a marketplace where they can be exchanged. He says the price may eventually fluctuate based on the demand of the market -- basically, how much companies will pay to sponsor these rebates. This raises the question of who is going to sponsor them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MeterHero is currently funding the rebates, but the startup is trying to partner with outside companies. It is in touch with some businesses that see sponsoring rebates as a PR opportunity, a way to show they are conserving water in drought-ridden California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The startup is also working with companies that sell water conservation products. For those businesses, the rebates would be a way to connect with water-conscious consumers and sell them things like low-flow showerheads and fake grass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest challenge these companies face is actually connecting with customers,” Young says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now MeterHero, which also allows people to track gas and electricity use, is just getting started and has signed up 400 water rebate participants. It has given away $5,000 in rebates, which equals 500,000 gallons of water. That does not even make a dent in the state's usage.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I don't see MeterHero as a panacea, but as a complement to other strategies.'\u003ccite>Economist Michael Price\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Economist Michael Price researches conservation incentives at Georgia State University. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:25 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The latest on the Santa Barbara County oil spill:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-probe-california-coastal-oil-spill-pipe-excavation-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times reports\u003c/a> that crews will begin excavating the 24-inch pipeline that ruptured Tuesday, unleashing a flow of crude oil that has fouled the coastline west of Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard and other agencies as well as Plains All American Pipeline, the company that owns and operates the line, are still working to figure out exactly how much crude oil escaped. The currently quoted figures indicate that a total of 105,000 gallons flowed out of the pipeline before it was shut down, with 21,000 gallons flowing into a storm drain and through a culvert to the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bfabfb08f82643ac942c5a8f1854600c/california-oil-sop-starts-thousands-gallons-gathered\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press says\u003c/a> that about 7,700 gallons of the thick black oil has been skimmed from coastal waters so far. Cleanup crews onshore and afloat have been aided by light winds and calm seas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Times says about 300 cleanup workers were on the beaches Wednesday, with more expected Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also still to be assessed: The spill's impact on the area's flora and fauna. On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18967\" target=\"_blank\">a state of emergency\u003c/a> in Santa Barbara County, in part to deal with environmental damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Times also delves into \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the unhappy safety history\u003c/a> of Plains All American pipeline:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006, according to federal records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Times analysis of data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shows Plains' rate of incidents per mile of pipe is more than three times the national average. Among more than 1,700 pipeline operators listed in a database maintained by the federal agency, only four companies reported more infractions than Plains Pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, which transports and stores crude oil, is part of Plains All American Pipeline, which owns and operates nearly 18,000 miles of pipe networks in several states. It reported $43 billion in revenue in 2014 and $878 million in profit.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are links to Thursday morning coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-probe-california-coastal-oil-spill-pipe-excavation-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Excavation of ruptured pipe may bring answers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Associated Press:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bfabfb08f82643ac942c5a8f1854600c/california-oil-sop-starts-thousands-gallons-gathered\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of gallons of oil sopped up from California coast\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pipeline operator has long record of problems\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Visitors worry about impact of oil spill on Santa Barbara County coast\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> New information from the company that owns the pipeline involved in Tuesday's Santa Barbara County oil spill suggests much more crude oil may have flowed into the sea than originally estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, the Coast Guard had estimated the spill at 21,000 gallons, or about 500 barrels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wednesday morning, an official with the company that owns the underground pipeline told the Associated Press that oil was flowing at a peak capacity of 2,000 barrels an hour, or about 84,000 gallons, when it ruptured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill was discovered about noon Tuesday when a visitor to \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=603\" target=\"_blank\">Refugio State Beach\u003c/a>, about 20 miles west of Santa Barbara, reported noxious fumes in the area. Reports have said variously that the flow, which cascaded into a storm drain, then into a culvert under U.S. 101 and into the Pacific, continued for several hours or until 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flow arithmetic -- 84,000 gallons an hour times several hours -- suggests the spill could exceed many times the initially reported 21,000 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard said Wednesday that it was still trying to assess the volume of crude that escaped and reported that oil slicks had spread over a 9-mile stretch of coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darren Palmer, district manager for \u003ca href=\"https://www.plainsallamerican.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Plains All American Pipeline\u003c/a>, said during a press conference Wednesday that the company had performed an integrity check on the line two weeks ago but is still waiting for results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're sorry this accident has happened, and we're sorry for the inconvenience to the community,\" Palmer said, adding Plains All American will pay cleanup costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Krop, an attorney with the Santa Barbara-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/\">Environmental Defense Center\u003c/a>, said she was unhappy by what she described as a lack of urgency in the initial response to the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very disturbing,\" Krop told KQED Science reporter Lauren Sommer.. \"They had evacuated the campers and there was a lot of oil on the beach and in the water. There was no response happening from where we could see.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was hard to stand there at 9 p.m. and see nothing happening,\" Krop said. \"And what we were told is these things take time and every spill is different.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of midday Wednesday, there were three vessels collecting oil and six vessels putting booms in the water to contain the spill, according to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. DFW crews were working on the ground to protect sensitive bird sites, including snowy plovers and least tern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's an ecologically sensitive area,\" said Krop. \"This is heavy migrating whale season for us. Closer to shore we have a lot of watersheds with endangered red-legged frog, tidewater goby and steelhead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Times (among others) \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-barbara-oil-spill-1969-20150520-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">points out\u003c/a> the site of Tuesday's spill has a unique historical significance: It's along the same stretch of coast ravaged by an oil disaster nearly a half-century ago:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 spewed an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean, creating an oil slick 35 miles long along California’s coast, and killing countless birds, fish and sea mammals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the spill, the region became ground zero for some of the most significant conservation efforts of the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jan. 28, 1969 blowout was caused by inadequate safety precautions taken by Unocal, which was known then as Union Oil. The company received a waiver from the U.S. Geological Society that allowed it to build a protective casing around the drilling hole that was 61 feet short of the federal minimum requirements at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting explosion was so powerful it cracked the sea floor in five places, and crude oil spewed out of the rupture at a rate of 1,000 gallons an hour for a month before it could be slowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toll of the devastation blinked on TV screens nationwide: beaches painted black, birds with feathers plastered in oily muck, and the corpses of seals and dolphins washing in with the tides.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here's the latest AP update on the oil spill story: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Christopher Weber\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOLETA, Santa Barbara County — Slicks of oil that spilled into California coastal waters from an onshore pipeline spanned a total of 9 miles Wednesday, and a company official said the line was operating at full capacity when it broke, suggesting much more oil escaped than initially estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil that spilled Tuesday off southern Santa Barbara County formed two slicks, said Coast Guard Capt. Jennifer Williams, one of two federal response coordinators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before a morning flyover, the oil was estimated to span 4 miles of ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill from a Plains All American Pipeline LP pipe was initially estimated at 21,000 gallons, but officials were not relying on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company official Darren Palmer said Wednesday it remained unknown how much oil actually spilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said the pipeline was running at a rate of 2,000 barrels an hour — equivalent to 84,000 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pipe was built in 1991 and underwent integrity testing a few weeks ago, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palmer said the company took responsibility for the spill and would pay for the cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers from an environmental cleanup company strapped on boots and gloves and picked up shovels and rakes Wednesday to tackle the gobs of goo stuck to sand and rocks along Refugio State Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rupture happened on the same stretch of coastline as a 1969 spill that was the largest ever in U.S. waters at the time and is credited with giving rise to the American environmental movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the International Bird Rescue organization also were on hand Wednesday to clean any birds that become covered with oil, though none were immediately spotted in the calm seas that produced small waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fan Yang, 26, of Indianapolis, stood on a bluff overlooking the beach, where the stench of petroleum was heavy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It smells like what they use to pave the roads,\" said Yang, who was hoping to find cleaner beaches in Santa Barbara. \"I'm sad for the birds — if they lose their habitat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The broken 24-inch pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the Pacific Ocean for several hours Tuesday before it was shut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities responding to reports of a foul smell near Refugio State Beach around noon found a half-mile slick in the ocean, county fire Capt. Dave Zaniboni said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plains All American Pipeline said in a statement it was making every effort to limit the environmental impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed fishing and shellfish harvesting for a mile east and west of the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is home to offshore oil rigs, and small amounts of tar from natural seepage regularly show up on beaches. In 1969, several hundred thousand gallons spilled from a blowout on an oil platform, and thousands of seabirds and many marine mammals were killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil industry brings risks, said Bob Deans, spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Santa Barbara learned that lesson over 40 years ago when offshore drilling led to disaster,\" he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Barbara-based Environmental Defense Center said having the spill occur in a sensitive and treasured environment is devastating to watch. The group was concerned about whales that migrate through the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oil spills are part of the ugly cost of fossil fuel development, made even worse by aging domestic infrastructure,\" said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director for the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was unclear how long the cleanup would take and whether Refugio Beach and other areas would be reopened in time for Memorial Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also still to be assessed: The spill's impact on the area's flora and fauna. On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18967\" target=\"_blank\">a state of emergency\u003c/a> in Santa Barbara County, in part to deal with environmental damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Times also delves into \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the unhappy safety history\u003c/a> of Plains All American pipeline:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006, according to federal records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Times analysis of data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shows Plains' rate of incidents per mile of pipe is more than three times the national average. Among more than 1,700 pipeline operators listed in a database maintained by the federal agency, only four companies reported more infractions than Plains Pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, which transports and stores crude oil, is part of Plains All American Pipeline, which owns and operates nearly 18,000 miles of pipe networks in several states. It reported $43 billion in revenue in 2014 and $878 million in profit.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are links to Thursday morning coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-probe-california-coastal-oil-spill-pipe-excavation-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Excavation of ruptured pipe may bring answers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Associated Press:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bfabfb08f82643ac942c5a8f1854600c/california-oil-sop-starts-thousands-gallons-gathered\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of gallons of oil sopped up from California coast\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pipeline operator has long record of problems\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Los Angeles Times:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oilspill-pipeline-20150521-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Visitors worry about impact of oil spill on Santa Barbara County coast\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> New information from the company that owns the pipeline involved in Tuesday's Santa Barbara County oil spill suggests much more crude oil may have flowed into the sea than originally estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, the Coast Guard had estimated the spill at 21,000 gallons, or about 500 barrels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wednesday morning, an official with the company that owns the underground pipeline told the Associated Press that oil was flowing at a peak capacity of 2,000 barrels an hour, or about 84,000 gallons, when it ruptured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill was discovered about noon Tuesday when a visitor to \u003ca href=\"http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=603\" target=\"_blank\">Refugio State Beach\u003c/a>, about 20 miles west of Santa Barbara, reported noxious fumes in the area. Reports have said variously that the flow, which cascaded into a storm drain, then into a culvert under U.S. 101 and into the Pacific, continued for several hours or until 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flow arithmetic -- 84,000 gallons an hour times several hours -- suggests the spill could exceed many times the initially reported 21,000 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard said Wednesday that it was still trying to assess the volume of crude that escaped and reported that oil slicks had spread over a 9-mile stretch of coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darren Palmer, district manager for \u003ca href=\"https://www.plainsallamerican.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Plains All American Pipeline\u003c/a>, said during a press conference Wednesday that the company had performed an integrity check on the line two weeks ago but is still waiting for results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're sorry this accident has happened, and we're sorry for the inconvenience to the community,\" Palmer said, adding Plains All American will pay cleanup costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Krop, an attorney with the Santa Barbara-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/\">Environmental Defense Center\u003c/a>, said she was unhappy by what she described as a lack of urgency in the initial response to the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very disturbing,\" Krop told KQED Science reporter Lauren Sommer.. \"They had evacuated the campers and there was a lot of oil on the beach and in the water. There was no response happening from where we could see.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was hard to stand there at 9 p.m. and see nothing happening,\" Krop said. \"And what we were told is these things take time and every spill is different.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of midday Wednesday, there were three vessels collecting oil and six vessels putting booms in the water to contain the spill, according to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. DFW crews were working on the ground to protect sensitive bird sites, including snowy plovers and least tern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's an ecologically sensitive area,\" said Krop. \"This is heavy migrating whale season for us. Closer to shore we have a lot of watersheds with endangered red-legged frog, tidewater goby and steelhead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Times (among others) \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-barbara-oil-spill-1969-20150520-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">points out\u003c/a> the site of Tuesday's spill has a unique historical significance: It's along the same stretch of coast ravaged by an oil disaster nearly a half-century ago:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969 spewed an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean, creating an oil slick 35 miles long along California’s coast, and killing countless birds, fish and sea mammals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the spill, the region became ground zero for some of the most significant conservation efforts of the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jan. 28, 1969 blowout was caused by inadequate safety precautions taken by Unocal, which was known then as Union Oil. The company received a waiver from the U.S. Geological Society that allowed it to build a protective casing around the drilling hole that was 61 feet short of the federal minimum requirements at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resulting explosion was so powerful it cracked the sea floor in five places, and crude oil spewed out of the rupture at a rate of 1,000 gallons an hour for a month before it could be slowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toll of the devastation blinked on TV screens nationwide: beaches painted black, birds with feathers plastered in oily muck, and the corpses of seals and dolphins washing in with the tides.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here's the latest AP update on the oil spill story: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Christopher Weber\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOLETA, Santa Barbara County — Slicks of oil that spilled into California coastal waters from an onshore pipeline spanned a total of 9 miles Wednesday, and a company official said the line was operating at full capacity when it broke, suggesting much more oil escaped than initially estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil that spilled Tuesday off southern Santa Barbara County formed two slicks, said Coast Guard Capt. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a wide field along a narrow two-lane road in the town of El Centro, the grass is tall and rusty brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not a water-starved golf course or parched public park. It’s a lush wheat field, in tiptop health, today getting harvested by a guy riding one of those big green combines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521949\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10521949 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A recently harvested field in Imperial County. 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Jerry Brown called such water deals “archaic” in an interview with \u003ca title=\"Governor Brown on ABC News This Week\" href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/california-gov-jerry-brown-defends-farms-water-warns/story?id=30106594\">ABC News \u003c/a>last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people have a right to more water than others,\" Brown said. \"That’s historic. That’s built into the legal framework of California. If things continue at this level, that’s probably going to be examined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521952\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10521952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Agricultural sprinklers dousing a field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro with Colorado River water. Farmers here are under no drought-related restrictions. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agricultural sprinklers dousing a field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro with Colorado River water. Farmers here are under no drought-related restrictions. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Colorado River is in its 14\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> year of drought, though officials have yet to cut allocations to California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Atwater of the nonprofit \u003ca title=\"Southern California Water Committee\" href=\"http://www.socalwater.org/\">Southern California Water Committee \u003c/a>says that as drought persists across the West, first-in-time water agreements will be harder to justify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farming in Imperial Valley and Coachella,” wonders Atwater. “What’s the rationale for them to get first rights on the Colorado River when Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and 19 million people in Southern California all depend on Colorado River water, too?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, I have a lot to say about that,” says \u003ca title=\"Imperial County Farm Bureau\" href=\"http://www.icfb.net/\">Imperial Valley Farm Bureau \u003c/a>Executive Director Linsey Dale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205133329\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By changing and reforming the water rights system, it’s not going to make California any wetter,” Dale says. “It’s just going to send water from here to another place. Do we want water for green lawns or do we want food? We all have to sacrifice in this time, and farmers in Imperial County have been sacrificing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement that keeps Imperial County flush with water has been tinkered with before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve years ago, San Diego County and the Coachella Valley were granted larger allocations of Imperial Valley’s share of Colorado River water. Those allocations will increase year by year, leaving Imperial Valley farmers with less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atwater says growers, by far the biggest water consumers in the state, must be spurred to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10521956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Recently irrigated field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently irrigated field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to motivate every farmer to either fallow or invest in more efficiency and get rewarded for reducing their water use and freeing up that conserved water, so somebody else can then take advantage of it,” says Atwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers in the Imperial Valley are offered financial incentives to take land out of production -- roughly 45,000 acres in recent years, Dale says. It has saved water -- but it has also cost jobs in a region with one of the highest poverty rates in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lots of people have lost work through that, the farm service providers, the custom harvesters,” says Dale. “It’s quite a significant trickle-down effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial County’s fallowing program is set to expire in 2017. But farmers will then have to meet higher thresholds for on-farm conservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That carries its own costs, though, in a region where water continues to be cheaper and more plentiful than in other parts of the state.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a wide field along a narrow two-lane road in the town of El Centro, the grass is tall and rusty brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not a water-starved golf course or parched public park. It’s a lush wheat field, in tiptop health, today getting harvested by a guy riding one of those big green combines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521949\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10521949 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A recently harvested field in Imperial County. Wheat, alfalfa and other grasses used to feed cattle are among the region’s top crops. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/DROUGHT-IMPERIAL-grain-field.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A recently harvested field in Imperial County. Wheat, alfalfa and other grasses used to feed cattle are among the region’s top crops. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wheat and alfalfa are among Imperial Valley’s top crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grow 365 days out of the year,” explains farmer Al Kalin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grows alfalfa, onions, carrots and sugar beets at his 1,800-acre spread on the edge of the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ground is always in production here because we have all the sunlight, we have a steady supply of water,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalin’s farm is about 30 minutes from where the enormous \u003ca title=\" All American Canal at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation\" href=\"http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=Boulder+Canyon+Project++-+All-American+Canal+System\">All-American Canal\u003c/a> slices across the Mexico border from the Colorado River and gushes into the Imperial Valley, the sole lifeline of the region’s multibillion-dollar ag industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521964\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10521964 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"NASA image showing about 10 miles of the All-American Canal as it wends its way from Arizona into Southern California’s Imperial Valley. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/drought-imperial-All-American_2009.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA image showing about 10 miles of the All-American Canal as it wends its way from Arizona into Southern California’s Imperial Valley. \u003ccite>(NASA, International Space Station / WIKIPEDIA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farmers here don’t have to worry about wells running dry (there are none) or dwindling snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re worried about snowpack in the Rockies because that’s where our water comes from, not from the Sierras,” says Kalin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to so-called first-in-time federal agreements established nearly 100 years ago, Imperial County drinks up the lion’s share of Colorado River water that flows into Southern California, buffering it from much of the drought anxiety gripping the rest of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown called such water deals “archaic” in an interview with \u003ca title=\"Governor Brown on ABC News This Week\" href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/california-gov-jerry-brown-defends-farms-water-warns/story?id=30106594\">ABC News \u003c/a>last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people have a right to more water than others,\" Brown said. \"That’s historic. That’s built into the legal framework of California. If things continue at this level, that’s probably going to be examined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521952\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10521952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Agricultural sprinklers dousing a field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro with Colorado River water. Farmers here are under no drought-related restrictions. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-sprinkler-close.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agricultural sprinklers dousing a field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro with Colorado River water. Farmers here are under no drought-related restrictions. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Colorado River is in its 14\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> year of drought, though officials have yet to cut allocations to California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Atwater of the nonprofit \u003ca title=\"Southern California Water Committee\" href=\"http://www.socalwater.org/\">Southern California Water Committee \u003c/a>says that as drought persists across the West, first-in-time water agreements will be harder to justify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farming in Imperial Valley and Coachella,” wonders Atwater. “What’s the rationale for them to get first rights on the Colorado River when Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and 19 million people in Southern California all depend on Colorado River water, too?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, I have a lot to say about that,” says \u003ca title=\"Imperial County Farm Bureau\" href=\"http://www.icfb.net/\">Imperial Valley Farm Bureau \u003c/a>Executive Director Linsey Dale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205133329&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/205133329'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By changing and reforming the water rights system, it’s not going to make California any wetter,” Dale says. “It’s just going to send water from here to another place. Do we want water for green lawns or do we want food? We all have to sacrifice in this time, and farmers in Imperial County have been sacrificing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement that keeps Imperial County flush with water has been tinkered with before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve years ago, San Diego County and the Coachella Valley were granted larger allocations of Imperial Valley’s share of Colorado River water. Those allocations will increase year by year, leaving Imperial Valley farmers with less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atwater says growers, by far the biggest water consumers in the state, must be spurred to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10521956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10521956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Recently irrigated field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/IMP-DROUGHT-irrigation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently irrigated field in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to motivate every farmer to either fallow or invest in more efficiency and get rewarded for reducing their water use and freeing up that conserved water, so somebody else can then take advantage of it,” says Atwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers in the Imperial Valley are offered financial incentives to take land out of production -- roughly 45,000 acres in recent years, Dale says. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">K\u003c/span>athy Smith actually \u003cem>heard\u003c/em> the almonds coming before she saw them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s 11:30 at night, we are trying to sleep, and those tractors are ripping the land right outside our bedroom,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She woke up to find giant patches carved out of the grassy foothills above her house, making way for new almond trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith is rolling along in a golf cart, calling her 35 cows to dinner. “Come boss! Come boss!” she brays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how my father did it. That’s how I do it,\" she says. \"And my mother used to do it by coming out and playing on her trumpet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith’s family has grazed cattle on this ranch near \u003ca href=\"http://www.oakdalegov.com/\">Oakdale\u003c/a>, southeast of Modesto, since 1943.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now she’s worried that an explosion in investor-backed almond orchards might threaten that livelihood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10518379\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10518379\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A hillside adjacent to Kathy Smith's ranch, recently planted in almonds. \" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hillside adjacent to Kathy Smith's ranch, recently planted in almonds. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 110,000 acres of almonds have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Fruits_and_Nuts/201504almac.pdf\">planted in Stanislaus County\u003c/a>. And it doesn’t look like drought will put much of a dent in the boom. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Fruits_and_Nuts/201505almpd.pdf\">U.S. Department of Agriculture stats \u003c/a> that came out this week predict just a 1 percent drop in the California almond harvest over last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t tell you how upset I am to have to look over there every single day and see what’s happening to those beautiful foothills. It’s sickening,” says Smith, who had to drill a new well after her household well went dry four years ago. She blames almond growers for sucking down the groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a shock to the whole neighborhood,” says Smith’s neighbor, Gail Altieri. “It’s almost like the Confederate army is coming towards the east, and we didn’t see their bushy little heads until they were there. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altieri raises mules and cattle, and lives in a log cabin decorated with cowhides and saddles. Oakdale bills itself the \u003ca href=\"http://fox40.com/2015/03/13/city-of-oakdale-will-keep-cowboy-slogan/\">\"Cowboy Capital of the World.\u003c/a>\" But Altieri worries that almonds may threaten that way of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/204538313&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water’s disappearing,” Altieri says. “There will be no grazing land for the cattle. And if the cowboys don’t have cattle, how can this be the cowboy capital of the world?”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'They’re not farmers. They are investors. They are out for the almighty buck and for greed. ... Their product is an export. And also, it is a snack. It’s not a food.'\u003ccite>Gail Altieri,\u003cbr>\nStanislaus County rancher\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Altieri points to a well-drilling rig high up on a hill above her house. She says it makes a loud booming noise and flashes bright lights into neighbors' homes at night. She says investment companies growing almonds here have no concern for neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not farmers. They are investors. They are out for the almighty buck and for greed, bottom line,” she says. “Their product is an export. And also, it is a snack. It’s not a food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>aul Wenger, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://cfbf.com\">California Farm Bureau Federation\u003c/a>, is a Stanislaus almond grower himself, and he doesn't like the almond-bashing he's been hearing recently. But he calls the current almond investment rush “bizarre.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing investors come from all over the world trying to get in on it. It’s kind of like the Gold Rush,\" says Wenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Typology/typology13_ca.pdf\">latest federal statistics\u003c/a>, from 2012, classify 90 percent of almond growers as “family farms,” even though some of the operations are quite large. But investors are increasingly seeing almonds as a better bet than the stock market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a grower, I think they’re making foolish investments,” says Wenger. “They look at what the prices of almonds are today. They weren’t there 10 years ago, and they won’t be there 10 years from now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So just exactly who are these almond investors? Some are banks or investment funds like \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiaa-cref.org/public/index.html\">TIAA-CREF.\u003c/a> Even the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mersofmich.com/\">Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System \u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/08/usa-pensions-australia-idUSL1N0R614520140908\">getting into \u003c/a>the almond game (albeit in Australia).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/dbrekke.m4icki2n/attribution,zoompan,zoomwheel,geocoder,share.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiZGJyZWtrZSIsImEiOiJjZUQzZ05nIn0.ZqSnN4vdLKsiZTEjAPSDrg\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>ear the Stanislaus River east of Oakdale, one target of neighborhood frustration is \u003ca href=\"http://www.trinitaspartners.com/\">Trinitas Partners\u003c/a>, a private equity investment company based in Menlo Park that’s planted more than 10 square miles in almonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are three of us, we’re not a big corporation,” says Ryon Paton, one of the company's three principals. He says they have been unfairly painted as the bad guys for an operation they started eight years ago, before the current drought began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand real estate, we understand how to finance. We did not understand how to grow almonds,\" admits Paton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But we did enough of our supply-and-demand studies to understand that supply was growing more slowly than demand worldwide, and if that imbalance continued, there would be not an outrageous Silicon Valley profit in almonds, but a reasonable, responsible profit in growing almonds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I’m always asked this question: Are you affecting your neighbors adversely? And to this point, I can honestly say, we are not.'\u003ccite>Ryon Paton,\u003cbr>\nTrinitas Partners\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Paton takes me through the gates of his ranch to the top of a steep hill where you can see the peaks of Yosemite -- and acres of almond trees planted in neat rows across the rolling terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gives us a picture of a fertile area for growing food for people. That’s really our mission at the end of the day, is responsible food, healthy food. Not all of what we produce goes overseas, by any stretch of the imagination, but we have customers all over the world because of our sustainable, responsible farming practices,” says Paton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Davis economist \u003ca href=\"https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/people/howitt\">Richard Howitt\u003c/a> says that, typically, California farmers put more than 3½ feet of water onto every acre of almonds they grow. Paton says his operation uses about 3 feet an acre because its scale allows it to use advanced water-saving technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We irrigate at night during off-peak hours, so there’s less evaporation,\" explains Paton, pointing to the lines of drip systems running through the orchard. \"But we also have a technique for making sure there’s no runoff, that every drop goes into the root systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinitas also says they’ve stopped planting new trees in this area because of the drought. And they’re carefully checking their wells, and those of neighboring farmers, to make sure there’s no overdraft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our hydrology folks are always measuring the situation,” says Paton. “Because I’m always asked this question, 'Are you affecting your neighbors adversely?' And to this point, I can honestly say, we are not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Paton says he hopes to wean the farm from groundwater entirely. He says Trinitas paid more than $20 million to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oakdaleirrigation.com/\">Oakdale Irrigation District\u003c/a> to get its almond farms annexed into the district’s service area. The goal, says Paton, is to try and rely solely on surface water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>roblem is, the Oakdale Irrigation District is imposing first-time cutbacks on its customers this year, and farmers with more senior water rights \u003ca href=\"http://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article20313402.html\">want to make sure they get their allotment\u003c/a> before newer customers like Trinitas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Paton feels like he's getting conflicting messages: Some neighbors don't want them to drill wells for groundwater; others don't want them using surface water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a history of listening and responding in a pretty conciliatory way when there’s an acute problem with the neighborhood,” says Paton. “On the other hand, they need to respect that this is an ag community and we have the right to farm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10518381\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15134_trinitas-guys-2.JPG-e1431116262642.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10518381\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15134_trinitas-guys-2.JPG-e1431116250835-400x239.jpg\" alt=\"Ryon Paton, a principal with Trinitas Partners, right, with the managers of the firm's almond operation, Dan Kaiser, left, and Dave Germano, center.\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryon Paton, a principal with Trinitas Partners, right, with the managers of the firm's almond operation, Dan Kaiser, left, and Dave Germano, center. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The guys who are actually managing this ranch day to day are fourth-generation farmers, who use the local pronunciation -- \"AM-mundz\" instead of \"ALL-mundz.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The family farms like the kind that I grew up on are very hard to be sustainable,” says Dan Kaiser, general manager of the Trinitas farming operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not easy now that the neighbors, folks he grew up with, are blaming that company for their water woes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disturbing to be picked on by anybody. It almost has a bullying effect. But being a true farmer, you have thick skin,\" says Kaiser. \"There's a saying we use: Don’t curse the farmer with your mouth full.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith’s family has grazed cattle on this ranch near \u003ca href=\"http://www.oakdalegov.com/\">Oakdale\u003c/a>, southeast of Modesto, since 1943.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now she’s worried that an explosion in investor-backed almond orchards might threaten that livelihood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10518379\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10518379\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A hillside adjacent to Kathy Smith's ranch, recently planted in almonds. \" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15122_almond-patch-3.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hillside adjacent to Kathy Smith's ranch, recently planted in almonds. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 110,000 acres of almonds have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Fruits_and_Nuts/201504almac.pdf\">planted in Stanislaus County\u003c/a>. And it doesn’t look like drought will put much of a dent in the boom. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Fruits_and_Nuts/201505almpd.pdf\">U.S. Department of Agriculture stats \u003c/a> that came out this week predict just a 1 percent drop in the California almond harvest over last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t tell you how upset I am to have to look over there every single day and see what’s happening to those beautiful foothills. It’s sickening,” says Smith, who had to drill a new well after her household well went dry four years ago. She blames almond growers for sucking down the groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a shock to the whole neighborhood,” says Smith’s neighbor, Gail Altieri. “It’s almost like the Confederate army is coming towards the east, and we didn’t see their bushy little heads until they were there. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altieri raises mules and cattle, and lives in a log cabin decorated with cowhides and saddles. Oakdale bills itself the \u003ca href=\"http://fox40.com/2015/03/13/city-of-oakdale-will-keep-cowboy-slogan/\">\"Cowboy Capital of the World.\u003c/a>\" But Altieri worries that almonds may threaten that way of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/204538313&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water’s disappearing,” Altieri says. “There will be no grazing land for the cattle. And if the cowboys don’t have cattle, how can this be the cowboy capital of the world?”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'They’re not farmers. They are investors. They are out for the almighty buck and for greed. ... Their product is an export. And also, it is a snack. It’s not a food.'\u003ccite>Gail Altieri,\u003cbr>\nStanislaus County rancher\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Altieri points to a well-drilling rig high up on a hill above her house. She says it makes a loud booming noise and flashes bright lights into neighbors' homes at night. She says investment companies growing almonds here have no concern for neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not farmers. They are investors. They are out for the almighty buck and for greed, bottom line,” she says. “Their product is an export. And also, it is a snack. It’s not a food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>aul Wenger, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://cfbf.com\">California Farm Bureau Federation\u003c/a>, is a Stanislaus almond grower himself, and he doesn't like the almond-bashing he's been hearing recently. But he calls the current almond investment rush “bizarre.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing investors come from all over the world trying to get in on it. It’s kind of like the Gold Rush,\" says Wenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Typology/typology13_ca.pdf\">latest federal statistics\u003c/a>, from 2012, classify 90 percent of almond growers as “family farms,” even though some of the operations are quite large. But investors are increasingly seeing almonds as a better bet than the stock market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a grower, I think they’re making foolish investments,” says Wenger. “They look at what the prices of almonds are today. They weren’t there 10 years ago, and they won’t be there 10 years from now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So just exactly who are these almond investors? Some are banks or investment funds like \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiaa-cref.org/public/index.html\">TIAA-CREF.\u003c/a> Even the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mersofmich.com/\">Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System \u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/08/usa-pensions-australia-idUSL1N0R614520140908\">getting into \u003c/a>the almond game (albeit in Australia).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/dbrekke.m4icki2n/attribution,zoompan,zoomwheel,geocoder,share.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiZGJyZWtrZSIsImEiOiJjZUQzZ05nIn0.ZqSnN4vdLKsiZTEjAPSDrg\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>ear the Stanislaus River east of Oakdale, one target of neighborhood frustration is \u003ca href=\"http://www.trinitaspartners.com/\">Trinitas Partners\u003c/a>, a private equity investment company based in Menlo Park that’s planted more than 10 square miles in almonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are three of us, we’re not a big corporation,” says Ryon Paton, one of the company's three principals. He says they have been unfairly painted as the bad guys for an operation they started eight years ago, before the current drought began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand real estate, we understand how to finance. We did not understand how to grow almonds,\" admits Paton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But we did enough of our supply-and-demand studies to understand that supply was growing more slowly than demand worldwide, and if that imbalance continued, there would be not an outrageous Silicon Valley profit in almonds, but a reasonable, responsible profit in growing almonds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I’m always asked this question: Are you affecting your neighbors adversely? And to this point, I can honestly say, we are not.'\u003ccite>Ryon Paton,\u003cbr>\nTrinitas Partners\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Paton takes me through the gates of his ranch to the top of a steep hill where you can see the peaks of Yosemite -- and acres of almond trees planted in neat rows across the rolling terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gives us a picture of a fertile area for growing food for people. That’s really our mission at the end of the day, is responsible food, healthy food. Not all of what we produce goes overseas, by any stretch of the imagination, but we have customers all over the world because of our sustainable, responsible farming practices,” says Paton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Davis economist \u003ca href=\"https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/people/howitt\">Richard Howitt\u003c/a> says that, typically, California farmers put more than 3½ feet of water onto every acre of almonds they grow. Paton says his operation uses about 3 feet an acre because its scale allows it to use advanced water-saving technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We irrigate at night during off-peak hours, so there’s less evaporation,\" explains Paton, pointing to the lines of drip systems running through the orchard. \"But we also have a technique for making sure there’s no runoff, that every drop goes into the root systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinitas also says they’ve stopped planting new trees in this area because of the drought. And they’re carefully checking their wells, and those of neighboring farmers, to make sure there’s no overdraft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our hydrology folks are always measuring the situation,” says Paton. “Because I’m always asked this question, 'Are you affecting your neighbors adversely?' And to this point, I can honestly say, we are not.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Paton says he hopes to wean the farm from groundwater entirely. He says Trinitas paid more than $20 million to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.oakdaleirrigation.com/\">Oakdale Irrigation District\u003c/a> to get its almond farms annexed into the district’s service area. The goal, says Paton, is to try and rely solely on surface water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">P\u003c/span>roblem is, the Oakdale Irrigation District is imposing first-time cutbacks on its customers this year, and farmers with more senior water rights \u003ca href=\"http://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article20313402.html\">want to make sure they get their allotment\u003c/a> before newer customers like Trinitas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Paton feels like he's getting conflicting messages: Some neighbors don't want them to drill wells for groundwater; others don't want them using surface water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a history of listening and responding in a pretty conciliatory way when there’s an acute problem with the neighborhood,” says Paton. “On the other hand, they need to respect that this is an ag community and we have the right to farm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10518381\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15134_trinitas-guys-2.JPG-e1431116262642.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10518381\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/RS15134_trinitas-guys-2.JPG-e1431116250835-400x239.jpg\" alt=\"Ryon Paton, a principal with Trinitas Partners, right, with the managers of the firm's almond operation, Dan Kaiser, left, and Dave Germano, center.\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryon Paton, a principal with Trinitas Partners, right, with the managers of the firm's almond operation, Dan Kaiser, left, and Dave Germano, center. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The guys who are actually managing this ranch day to day are fourth-generation farmers, who use the local pronunciation -- \"AM-mundz\" instead of \"ALL-mundz.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The family farms like the kind that I grew up on are very hard to be sustainable,” says Dan Kaiser, general manager of the Trinitas farming operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not easy now that the neighbors, folks he grew up with, are blaming that company for their water woes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California's new statewide water restrictions \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/state-passes-historic-water-conservation-rules/\" target=\"_blank\">take effect\u003c/a> on June 1. Depending on where you live, your water district could be asked to cut urban water use by \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/state-passes-historic-water-conservation-rules/\" target=\"_blank\">as much as 36 percent\u003c/a> compared with usage in 2013. And with \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18936\" target=\"_blank\">maximum fines now set at $10,000\u003c/a> and the citation process a bit more streamlined, many Californians are going to have to move from merely thinking about conserving water to actually doing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some who already let yellow mellow and take \"military showers\" may be wondering if it's even possible to further reduce their water use. Still others may balk at residential conservation, given how much water \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201504151000\" target=\"_blank\">agriculture uses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Australians Do it Better\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during a discussion on KQED's \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201505010900\" target=\"_blank\">Forum\u003c/a>,\u003c/em> Heather Cooley, water program director for the \u003ca href=\"http://pacinst.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Institute\u003c/a>, said that households in California \"have a lot of potential to be doing better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooley points to Australia, where average household water consumption is 54 gallons per person per day. In California, the average is about 140 gallons per person per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you take a long-term view of the drought, a lot of the new demands for water are in residential and commercial use, or what's referred to as \"urban\" use in water policy vernacular. According to Cooley, urban conservation not only improves the situation for the current drought, but also reduces the state's \"need to develop new, more expensive water supplies in the future,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way that Californians can get closer to Australians in water consumption is to install water-efficient appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you have replaced fixtures as recently as the past decade, new models on the market may be more efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Look in particular for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/about_us/watersense_label.html\" target=\"_blank\">WaterSense label\u003c/a>,\" said Cooley. That's a program that's run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as far as cost, it's worth checking with your water district to see if they offer rebates or free showerheads (we've included \u003ca href=\"#rebatelist\">a list of agencies and rebates\u003c/a> below). And even if no rebate is available, Cooley said the investment is still worthwhile: \"A lot of these appliances and fixtures have a little bit of a higher upfront cost, but if you look at the savings over the lifetime, they’re very cost-effective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If You Change One Thing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A listener during \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201505010900\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Forum's\u003c/em> discussion\u003c/a> asked our experts what single appliance they would replace to save on water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you have a clothes washer that is a top-loader, go out and get a front-loader washing machine,\" said Stephanie Nevins, water conversation supervisor with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acwd.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Water District\u003c/a>. \"They are incredibly efficient these days. You could be saving 30-plus gallons per load.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooley added that \"an old toilet, particularly a 6-gallon per flush\" one, is definitely worth replacing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're not sure how many gallons per flush your toilet uses, consider its color -- if it's painted a pastel color, there's a good chance it uses a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still do see some of the pink and green toilets in San Francisco, and those can be flushing 3.5 gallons, 5 gallons, or more,\" said Julie Ortiz, water conservation manager with \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfwater.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission\u003c/a>. \"That’s a considerable amount of water wasted that can be saved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Dundon of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Water District\u003c/a> noted that for many households, the biggest water hog is outside the home. \"The lawn is the biggest water-using fixture,\" Dundon said. \"And if we remove that, you’re going to save more than any of them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/KQEDForum/water-saving-tip-from-listeners/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"rebatelist\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Rebates Offered by Local Water Districts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many water districts offer rebates to replace old appliances or to replace lawns with drought-friendly plants. If you're not sure which Bay Area water district supplies your water, \u003ca href=\"http://sfwater.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7127\">you can use this map to find out\u003c/a>. Most districts list their rebate offerings under the \"conservation\" tab. Here's a list of rebates offered by local water districts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acwd.org/index.aspx?NID=145\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates offered for water barrels, high-efficiency toilets and urinals, high-efficiency clothes washers, water-efficient landscape and weather-based irrigation\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bawsca.org/conservation/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency:\u003c/a> Rebates offered for rain barrels, high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers; \u003ca href=\"http://bawsca.org/conservation/lawn-be-gone/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawn Be Gone!\u003c/a> program offers rebates to customers who replace lawn with water-efficient landscapes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=10911\" target=\"_blank\">City of Hayward\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets, high-efficiency clothes washers, cooling tower conductivity controllers, water-saving landscaping, lawn conversion\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:toilet-washer-rebate-save-shortage-drought-water-wise-retrofit-landscape-irrigation-lawn&catid=15:city-departments-and-divisions&Itemid=314&highlight=WyJjb25zZXJ2YXRpb24iXQ==\" target=\"_blank\">City of Napa\u003c/a>: Rebates for turf replacement, rain gardens and rain barrels and cisterns\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ccwater.com/conserve/\">Contra Costa County Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates for residential high-efficiency clothes washers, commercial high-efficiency clothes washers, smart sprinkler timers, commericial irrigation equipment\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/water-and-wastewater/watersmart-center\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Municipal Utility District\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers, lawn replacement, irrigation, graywater system three-way diverter valves. According to the district's website, \"high-efficiency showerheads, faucet aerators, and other water-saving devices are available free of charge to eligible EBMUD customers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinwater.org/163/Rebates\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Municipal Water District\u003c/a>: high-efficiency toilets and urinals, high-efficiency clothes washers, and smart irrigation controllers. $50 rebates (for up to a total of $250) for each of the following: pool covers, hot water recirculating systems, organic mulch, laundry-to-landscape system components, rain barrels\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.valleywater.org/programs/rebates.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Valley Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers, turf/pool replacement, irrigation hardware, and graywater laundry-to-landscape systems. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you take a long-term view of the drought, a lot of the new demands for water are in residential and commercial use, or what's referred to as \"urban\" use in water policy vernacular. According to Cooley, urban conservation not only improves the situation for the current drought, but also reduces the state's \"need to develop new, more expensive water supplies in the future,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way that Californians can get closer to Australians in water consumption is to install water-efficient appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you have replaced fixtures as recently as the past decade, new models on the market may be more efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Look in particular for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/about_us/watersense_label.html\" target=\"_blank\">WaterSense label\u003c/a>,\" said Cooley. That's a program that's run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as far as cost, it's worth checking with your water district to see if they offer rebates or free showerheads (we've included \u003ca href=\"#rebatelist\">a list of agencies and rebates\u003c/a> below). And even if no rebate is available, Cooley said the investment is still worthwhile: \"A lot of these appliances and fixtures have a little bit of a higher upfront cost, but if you look at the savings over the lifetime, they’re very cost-effective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If You Change One Thing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A listener during \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201505010900\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Forum's\u003c/em> discussion\u003c/a> asked our experts what single appliance they would replace to save on water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you have a clothes washer that is a top-loader, go out and get a front-loader washing machine,\" said Stephanie Nevins, water conversation supervisor with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acwd.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Water District\u003c/a>. \"They are incredibly efficient these days. You could be saving 30-plus gallons per load.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooley added that \"an old toilet, particularly a 6-gallon per flush\" one, is definitely worth replacing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're not sure how many gallons per flush your toilet uses, consider its color -- if it's painted a pastel color, there's a good chance it uses a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still do see some of the pink and green toilets in San Francisco, and those can be flushing 3.5 gallons, 5 gallons, or more,\" said Julie Ortiz, water conservation manager with \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfwater.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission\u003c/a>. \"That’s a considerable amount of water wasted that can be saved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Dundon of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Water District\u003c/a> noted that for many households, the biggest water hog is outside the home. \"The lawn is the biggest water-using fixture,\" Dundon said. \"And if we remove that, you’re going to save more than any of them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/KQEDForum/water-saving-tip-from-listeners/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"rebatelist\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Rebates Offered by Local Water Districts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many water districts offer rebates to replace old appliances or to replace lawns with drought-friendly plants. If you're not sure which Bay Area water district supplies your water, \u003ca href=\"http://sfwater.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=7127\">you can use this map to find out\u003c/a>. Most districts list their rebate offerings under the \"conservation\" tab. Here's a list of rebates offered by local water districts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acwd.org/index.aspx?NID=145\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates offered for water barrels, high-efficiency toilets and urinals, high-efficiency clothes washers, water-efficient landscape and weather-based irrigation\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bawsca.org/conservation/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency:\u003c/a> Rebates offered for rain barrels, high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers; \u003ca href=\"http://bawsca.org/conservation/lawn-be-gone/\" target=\"_blank\">Lawn Be Gone!\u003c/a> program offers rebates to customers who replace lawn with water-efficient landscapes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://user.govoutreach.com/hayward/faq.php?cid=10911\" target=\"_blank\">City of Hayward\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets, high-efficiency clothes washers, cooling tower conductivity controllers, water-saving landscaping, lawn conversion\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=228:toilet-washer-rebate-save-shortage-drought-water-wise-retrofit-landscape-irrigation-lawn&catid=15:city-departments-and-divisions&Itemid=314&highlight=WyJjb25zZXJ2YXRpb24iXQ==\" target=\"_blank\">City of Napa\u003c/a>: Rebates for turf replacement, rain gardens and rain barrels and cisterns\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ccwater.com/conserve/\">Contra Costa County Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates for residential high-efficiency clothes washers, commercial high-efficiency clothes washers, smart sprinkler timers, commericial irrigation equipment\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/water-and-wastewater/watersmart-center\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Municipal Utility District\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers, lawn replacement, irrigation, graywater system three-way diverter valves. According to the district's website, \"high-efficiency showerheads, faucet aerators, and other water-saving devices are available free of charge to eligible EBMUD customers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinwater.org/163/Rebates\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Municipal Water District\u003c/a>: high-efficiency toilets and urinals, high-efficiency clothes washers, and smart irrigation controllers. $50 rebates (for up to a total of $250) for each of the following: pool covers, hot water recirculating systems, organic mulch, laundry-to-landscape system components, rain barrels\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.valleywater.org/programs/rebates.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Valley Water District\u003c/a>: Rebates for high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers, turf/pool replacement, irrigation hardware, and graywater laundry-to-landscape systems. 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"content": "\u003cp>Five kids from Fresno who love robotics, computers and contests were in search of an idea: They wanted to enter the national \u003ca href=\"http://www.firstlegoleague.org/\">First Lego League\u003c/a> competition. To do so, the group of sixth-graders needed to come up with an innovative research project that improves the way people learn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So they turned to the crisis most affecting the Central Valley: the drought. They began their quest at a Fresno water forum, where they learned that the city actually tracks customers’ daily water usage, even though customers see that only once a month on their bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when the lightbulb went on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And we’re like, well, we can use that data and create an app from it that shows the users actually how much they’re using, so it’s not just sitting in the City of Fresno database,” says team captain Jeffrey Forbes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/204021606\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also learned about the city's \u003ca>20-gallon challenge\u003c/a> to its residents: Reduce water use by 20 gallons a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, all our lakes are going dry, so we wanted to help that cause by making an app so people can actually save water and preserve water,” says Evan Murai. His father, Kevin Murai, coached the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids talked to water and technology experts. They went to the city’s water division and interviewed Michael Treas, a systems administrator. Treas figured they were just doing a typical classroom project and would have a few questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little did I know they actually had other intentions,” he says. “They actually wanted this idea to come to fruition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was so impressed he met with them on several occasions to explain how the city's computers access data from water meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the boys had a really good idea, and the way they presented themselves told me that they put a lot of thought into it,” says Treas. “I’m really happy that kids that young can come up with an idea that solves real-world problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids created charts to show how information is transmitted from individual water meters to city computers. And they presented their design for an app that tracks a consumer’s daily household water use to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, says Evan Murai, they shared their idea with everyone, including their peers at Riverview Elementary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We presented to our fifth- and fourth-grade classes, and one of the kids, Jack Wade, he’s like, ‘Are you guys gonna go on \"Shark Tank?' \" Murai says, referring to the popular reality TV show on which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514175\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10514175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The kids take a root beer float break with their coach Kevin Murai. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids take a root beer float break with their coach, Kevin Murai. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a couple similar apps on the market, but the fifth-graders say this one is kid-friendly. It’s like a game. If you save water, you get a prize -- virtual golden coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make this app kid-friendly, so we added coins,” Noah Arsitio says. “For every gallon you save for the 20-gallon challenge, you earn one coin, until you meet the 20-gallon challenge. After that you earn 10 coins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Corben Beaty says they did research on how people take in information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best ways to get someone to learn something is humor, catchy songs, written facts and visuals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Daniel Shin designed the app’s project display. He says Coach Murai taught him how to use Microsoft Publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app uses lots of visuals and humor -- links to funny water-saving videos like the one where a man in a toilet costume gets tackled on a football field. The message: Don’t let your toilet run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514280\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10514280\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A big reward for all the hard work!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A big reward for all the hard work! \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’ve got cute kids, you’ve got the biggest problem facing the valley, if not the world, and you’ve got exciting technology,” says Jake Soberal, CEO of a local tech company, \u003ca href=\"http://bitwiseindustries.com/\">Bitwise Industries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They pushed water responsibility down to the individual level,” says Soberal. “If we’re going to talk about water and municipal water use, at some point that means taking a shower or brushing your teeth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it will cost about $100,000 to develop and market the app, which ideally will be free to users. Fresno is putting up $5,000. Other businesses are investing. Bitwise will work with the kids this summer to develop the app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They came up with a pragmatic realistic solution and then outlined how they were going to execute,” Soberal says. “And they put together a requirements document that resembled something that, you know, I would expect a very sophisticated client to turn over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how long it took to design the app, well, there's some debate. “Nine months?” someone says. “One hundred and forty-four hours?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Way more,” says Coach Murai. “You guys aren’t counting all the hours we spent doing research.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And all the hours they spent traveling to St. Louis. Yes, they made it to the First Lego League competition. They didn’t win, but they had a fabulous time. And what did they like best? The swag shop! Lots of free stuff.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And they presented their design for an app that tracks a consumer’s daily household water use to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, says Evan Murai, they shared their idea with everyone, including their peers at Riverview Elementary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We presented to our fifth- and fourth-grade classes, and one of the kids, Jack Wade, he’s like, ‘Are you guys gonna go on \"Shark Tank?' \" Murai says, referring to the popular reality TV show on which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514175\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10514175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The kids take a root beer float break with their coach Kevin Murai. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids take a root beer float break with their coach, Kevin Murai. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a couple similar apps on the market, but the fifth-graders say this one is kid-friendly. It’s like a game. If you save water, you get a prize -- virtual golden coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make this app kid-friendly, so we added coins,” Noah Arsitio says. “For every gallon you save for the 20-gallon challenge, you earn one coin, until you meet the 20-gallon challenge. After that you earn 10 coins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Corben Beaty says they did research on how people take in information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best ways to get someone to learn something is humor, catchy songs, written facts and visuals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Daniel Shin designed the app’s project display. He says Coach Murai taught him how to use Microsoft Publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app uses lots of visuals and humor -- links to funny water-saving videos like the one where a man in a toilet costume gets tackled on a football field. 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"content": "\u003cp>The brim of his baseball cap sticking out above a pair of binoculars, preteen Jaime Torres scans a muddy pond filled with birds. Zeroing in on a cluster of sandpipers, seagulls and a great blue heron, he leans into a wooden fence, trying to get a closer look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw a baby bird! A baby bird!” Jaime shouts excitedly, pointing at the flock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jaime is on a hike at the Palo Alto Baylands -- a premier spot for bird-watching on the West Coast. He and his family were invited by a group called \u003ca href=\"http://latinooutdoors.org/\">Latino Outdoors\u003c/a>, a nonprofit trying to get more families like Jaime’s out into nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/203512666\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Record-high temperatures are sending Californians out to explore the state’s parks in droves these days. But those people are mostly white. That's why state and private groups are launching a new effort to welcome people of color to parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose Gonzalez runs Latino Outdoors. He says Latinos and others face barriers that often keep them out of parks. 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Huesca says often his first contact with parks staff is confrontational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally, I’m not afraid to approach rangers,\" Huesca explains, \"but I feel that misunderstanding tends to be about what park regulations are, and the first interaction is usually being approached and [rangers] saying, ‘Do you have a permit for what you’re doing?’ and then me saying, ‘I don’t. I didn’t know.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoors isn’t the only group doing this kind of outreach. \u003ca href=\"http://www.outdoorafro.com\">Outdoor Afro\u003c/a> works to reconnect African-Americans with nature. On the state level, a commission called \u003ca href=\"http://www.parksforward.com\">P\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parksforward.com/\">arks Forward\u003c/a> announced a multimillion-dollar investment earlier this year. The plan is to make transportation more accessible, build larger picnic areas to accommodate large families and add more multilingual signs, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But all the Spanish signs in the world can’t have an impact if Latinos aren’t visiting the parks in the first place. Unfortunately, statistics on the age, race and gender of park visitors don’t exist for state parks. However, national studies show 11 percent of visitors to Yosemite are Latino and only 9 percent of visitors to all national parks are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Latinos making up 39 percent of the population in California and 17 percent in the U.S. overall, these numbers just don’t add up. Gonzalez says these numbers mean a lot of cultural expression through nature is being lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nature is an entry point not just to knowledge about wildlife, but knowledge about a person’s history, the community’s history, a person’s memories about their childhood and how we weave these memories together,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10483091\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10483091 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Crouching down next to a patch of mint, Jose Gonzalez encourages the group to sample the plant. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920-320x213.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/Mint1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crouching down next to a patch of mint, Jose Gonzalez encourages the group to sample the plant. \u003ccite>(Michelle Dutro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walking along the meandering path through the Baylands, the group makes frequent stops while Gonzalez translates signs into Spanish and samples mint and fennel plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After rounding a corner, the group arrives at a floating dock. The kids run excitedly to the end, looking for birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh, my God, they have a brown face. Except that the only part that’s brown is its head and its body. But the part here is black,” Jaime says, describing a bird.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with his sister, Edna, Jaime watches a bird dive into the water. Using an iPad, Edna times how long the bird can hold its breath under water. The bird surfaces on the other side of the dock, startling the onlookers. After a few trials, Edna and Jaime clock the bird with a 42-second dive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Established Latino Outdoors programs span the state. Gonzalez says his next challenge is taking it national. He has already set up programs in Wyoming, Colorado and Texas. Now he’s starting on the East Coast, building Latino Outdoors into the leading group for Latino conservation and outreach. Meanwhile, Parks Forward hopes to revamp California parks over the next 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Huesca says often his first contact with parks staff is confrontational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally, I’m not afraid to approach rangers,\" Huesca explains, \"but I feel that misunderstanding tends to be about what park regulations are, and the first interaction is usually being approached and [rangers] saying, ‘Do you have a permit for what you’re doing?’ and then me saying, ‘I don’t. I didn’t know.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino Outdoors isn’t the only group doing this kind of outreach. \u003ca href=\"http://www.outdoorafro.com\">Outdoor Afro\u003c/a> works to reconnect African-Americans with nature. On the state level, a commission called \u003ca href=\"http://www.parksforward.com\">P\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parksforward.com/\">arks Forward\u003c/a> announced a multimillion-dollar investment earlier this year. 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