April-June 2013

Cover: Conservation banks enable farmers, ranchers and other landowners to receive income for managing their lands to benefit wildlife. The Golden State established the nation’s first such program in 1995, and has pioneered protection of biodiversity and species at risk. However, since 2009 the number of conservation banks approved yearly has declined to zero, partly due to an unwieldy application process. Now a new law (page 85) and further proposed reforms (page 86) promise to streamline the program. Additional conservation banks could restore critical habitat and protect riparian corridors. Shown is the Thomes Creek tributary coming into the Sacramento River, above Chico at River Mile 326. Photo by Geoffrey Fricker

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California Agriculture, April-June 2013

Volume 67, Number 2
New life for conservation banks: Reforms streamline landmark program

peer-reviewed research articles

Reforms could boost conservation banking by landowners
by David Bunn , Mark Lubell , Christine K. Johnson
pp86-95, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p86
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For switchgrass cultivated as biofuel in California, invasiveness limited by several steps
by Joseph M. DiTomaso , Jacob N. Barney , J. Jeremiah Mann , Guy Kyser
pp96-103, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p96
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Buffers between grazing sheep and leafy crops augment food safety
by Bruce R. Hoar , Edward R. Atwill , Lesa Carlton , Jorge Celis , Jennifer Carabez , Tran Nguyen
pp104-109, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p104
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Stinkwort is rapidly expanding its range in California
by Rachel Brownsey , Guy B. Kyser , Joseph M. DiTomaso
pp110-115, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p110
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: How will we feed 8 billion people in 2025?
Public investment in UC fosters answers for global food system
by Barbara Allen-Diaz
pp82, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p82
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RESEARCH NEWS: California enacts law to strengthen conservation bank program
by Janet White
pp85, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p85a
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Letters
From our readers
pp85, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p85b
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General Information

About California Agriculture
Editors
pp84, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p84
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AVAILABLE from ANR: Newly Revised IPM Manuals
Editors
pp116, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p116a
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COMING UP in California Agriculture: Alternatives to methyl bromide: Managing replant disease with less soil fumigant
Editors
pp116, doi#10.3733/ca.v067n02p116b
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