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 ...

A record-setting amount of food for endangered fish was produced this winter on California rice fields, scientists say. The ...

So what’s the world to do? It turns out that introducing small fish into winter flooded rice fields can naturally reduce methane by as much as two-thirds, based on an award-winning study out of ...

AT ONE TIME. DOHERTY AND RICE FARMERS WOULD BURN THEIR FIELDS AFTER THE FALL HARVEST TO PREPARE FOR SPRING, BUT THAT PRACTICE WAS BANNED BY THE STATE IN THE EARLY 90S. AFTER 1991, WHEN THE LIMITED ...