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State Water Board expert panel pushes research and technical-assistance sections into draft report
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting, a State Water Resources Control Board agricultural expert panel agreed to consolidate research, outreach and technical-assistance recommendations into a standalone section and to expand best management practice guidance — including soil testing, irrigation scheduling, cover cropping and denitrification options — ahead of a public draft release.
The State Water Resources Control Board’s expert agricultural panel on Jan. 14 agreed to reorganize a draft report to highlight research needs and technical assistance alongside recommended best management practices for irrigation and nitrogen management.
Panelists said a separate research-and-outreach section would make recommendations more visible than leaving them buried in answers to individual charge questions, and would help regional boards and stakeholders find priorities for funding and implementation. “I think it could make sense to highlight technical assistance too,” said Ruth Dahlquist Willard, interim director of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program at UC ANR, after panel members debated where to place guidance on soil…
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