Montgomery and his crew from California Trout head out along ... Doherty said.At one time, Doherty and rice farmers would burn their fields after the fall harvest to prepare for the spring ...

With many fields now bone dry, Bransford and other farmers say they’re concerned about how the birds and other species will fare. The California Rice Commission said this year’s rice crop is ...

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 ...

A recent report from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences shows how flooding California rice fields can support a wide range of wildlife. The report was prepared for the California Rice ...

About 30 percent of California waterfowl hunters hunt primarily in flooded rice fields, he said. Typically, there are about 300,000 to 350,000 acres flooded by December, but Smith thinks that ...

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 ...

Lisa Corson for The New York Times Supported by By Tejal Rao Reporting from Los Angeles When the water is cut in August, the rice fields of South ... business in Central California 97 years ...

Thousands of small bugs called zooplankton were growing in that water from the bacteria in the excess rice straw. "These bugs are the liquid gold for fish," Katz added. Scientists believe those ...

“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 ...