An unassuming source of pollution comes from rice fields, which emit huge amounts of methane every year. Nearly 500 million metric tons of rice are consumed annually worldwide, or more than 15 metric ...

Building a bridge between farmers and wildlife conservation is the goal behind a new project designed to help salmon ...

Funded by the California Rice Commission, the University of California, Davis partnered with the Point Blue Conservation Science to release a first-of-its-kind report looking into the necessity of ...

A group of researchers and rice farmers in the Central Valley are working together to try and help California's struggling salmon population. "There's also snails you see and there's also long guys ...

Darters are seen underwater for a release in November 2023. University of Arkansas researchers are partnering with rice farmers in Arkansas to explore whether co-cultivating fish in flooded rice ...

Nearly one million young salmon are being released this week into flooded rice fields near the Yolo Bypass. The project is a ...

THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IS DWINDLING. AND THAT HAS LOCAL SCIENTISTS CONCERNED. FOR YEARS, THEY’VE WORKED TO FIND A SOLUTION. AND NOW, AS KCRA 3’S JASON MARKS SHOWS US, THEY BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE FOUND AN ...

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 ...

Researchers have found fish can grow faster and bigger in a rice field before it is released into the ocean.

A growing number of Arkansas farmers are taking up the seasonal fall and winter practice of flooding their rice fields after harvest to provide refuge to migratory waterfowl. The practice, promoted by ...

University of Arkansas researchers are partnering with rice farmers in Arkansas to explore whether co-cultivating fish in flooded rice fields can reduce methane emissions and create an additional ...