PROGRAMS :: Colusa Almond ProjectReducing Sediment and Pesticide Runoff from Colusa County Almond Orchards
Runoff from almond orchards along tributaries to the Colusa Basin Drain in Colusa County contains sediment and pesticides. The Colusa Basin Drain flows into the Sacramento River. Best Management Practices (BMP’s) such as cover cropping, insectary hedgerows, grassed swales, and streambank stabilization could significantly reduce contaminated runoff. CAFF and the Colusa County RCD have found that farmer-to-farmer information exchange is the most effective way of changing agricultural management. In this project, we will work with local almond growers to implement BMP’s and demonstrate their effectiveness to other growers. We will measure sediment and diazinon loads before and after, and up- and downstream of demonstration sites to assess BMP effectiveness.
Goals of the Almond program:
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This project has received support through a grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board with funding from Proposition 50 called the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002
Communicating with the Colusa Almonds project:
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