Every morning is an early morning for scientists working the flood plains of the Sacramento Valley. Thousands of small bugs ...

In addition to adding $1 billion of economic value and up to 7,500 jobs for California’s Sacramento Valley, the state's rice fields act as surrogate wetlands for many birds and other wildlife. (Gary ...

Black-necked stilts in a flooded rice field. (Photo: California Rice Commission) Funded by the California Rice Commission, the University of California, Davis partnered with the Point Blue ...

In the winter, rice fields in the Sacramento region are flooded with water. It’s a common method to prepare the field for new growth. With the help of a program led by California Trout ...

(Just this year, a California bill went into effect banning ... compared to continuously flooding rice fields. Regenerative organic advocates say implementing these practices—and transitioning ...

The Journal of Arachnology, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer, 1989), pp. 163-170 (8 pages) The phenology, abundance, and habitat preferences of Pardosa ramulosa (McCook) in California rice fields were studied.

In “A Conservation Footprint for California Rice,” authors suggest that the state’s current rice field-acreage will not be able to bear the many species of fish, birds and snakes reliant on ...

“This Rice Footprint report by the University of California, Davis, details how these same fields that grow America’s sushi rice serve as the economic driver for our small communities and are ...