Advocating for growers as SGMA moves forward
Author(s) -
Jim Downing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
california agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2160-8091
pISSN - 0008-0845
DOI - 10.3733/ca.2018a0013
Subject(s) - business , agricultural science , environmental science
Aliso Water District GSA Chowchilla Water District GSA Clayton Water District Columbia Canal Company Gravelly Ford Water District GSA Madera Irrigation District GSA Madera Water District GSA Merced County GSA New Stone Water District GSA Root Creek Water District GSA Christina Beckstead is executive director of Madera County Farm Bureau. As an advocate for growers in her county, she has been closely involved in the formation of groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) in Madera County and the steps towards the development of groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs). There are three subbasins in Madera County — the Madera subbasin, the Chowchilla subbasin and a small portion of the Delta-Mendota subbasin. All are classified by the state as critically overdrafted.
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