North Bay Water District

The Sonoma County Farm Bureau (SCFB) in partnership with the North Bay Water District created a program to assist operations in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) area of jurisdiction with stationary diesel engine compliance associated with agriculture water use. Air quality regulations require you to register stationary diesel engines larger than 50 bhp. This program limits the…

The frost protection program provides a “tool” to help growers to comply with the regulation, understand their water use, and develop ways to collaboratively manage water to better inform us as to how we can continue to reduce water for the protection of fisheries without negatively impacting our vineyards.  The program will help landowners fulfill the regulation mandate and do so in a cost-…

This program provides assurances to landowners that regulatory burdens, with respect to the California Tiger Salamander (CTS) covered by the Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) will not increase as a result of conducting management activities designed to benefit those species. A workbook has been created for landowners to codify ongoing vineyard activity and replant best management practices for the…