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Agricultureranch farm Almond Board sustainability program now online In 2009, the Almond Board of California invested in a program for documenting the use of best management practices by California Almond growers. In addition to providing learning and sharing opportunities for grow- ers, the program is crucial for highlighting almond grower achievements to public policy makers, almond/food companies and consumers. So far there have been about 800 participants, or about twelve percent of California's almond growers. Until recently, the program's self-assessment exer- cise has been offered through workshops at venues throughout California. Now growers can review the best practices and complete assessments online. "We still offer the workshops because they allow growers to see a face associated with the Almond Board," said the Board's Kendall Barton. "With this new online version, growers can access the information from their homes or offices, do the assessments, and produce reports comparing their use of practices to those statewide—all on their own time." For more information or to register for the webinar, contact Kendall Barton at kbarton@almondboard.com or (209) 343-3245. For more details about the California Almond Sus- tainability Program, visit http://www.almondboard.com/Growers/Sustainability or http://caff.org/programs/bio-ag/almonds/. & Trout for camp; rodeo results had to find a pay phone in order to make a phone call when away from home. Now you just make the call from your cell phone. I remember when you The other day I accompanied daughter Linda when she picked up 125 pounds of 10- inch trout for the kids fishing at Presbyterian Church Camp. I thought we were going to the location we visited on the Tehama County Farm Bureau farm tour, but she said, no it is on Lanes Valley Road. To make sure she had the right directions she pulled over and used the cell phone to call Dan Brown at Mt Lassen Trout Farm. John Povy met us and loaded a tank on the back of the pickup. They filled it with water and then to make sure the trout had oxygen the cable was attached to the pickup battery and looped over the right rear view mirror. Then the trout were scooped up in a net and dumped in the tank. I wondered how they knew how many trout were needed to fill our order and Dan explained there was a scale on the tank to weigh the fish as they were added. Earlier they had weighed a net full of trout and counted the number caught. Next they divided the weight by number of fish to get an average weight. That way they had an idea how many trout would be needed to fill the order. A few more scoops and Linda had instructions on how to release the fish if Leo Sackett wasn‚t av ailable. Before we left, another cell phone call to alert Leo that we were enroute to Camp Tehama. It has been years since I have been to Camp Tehama so I was sur- prised to see the deep cement pool inside a tall fenced enclosure where the kids would learn to fish. Saturday, July 28, 2012 – Daily News 5A Courtesy photo Linda and Leo Sackett were unloading the trout at Mt Tehama camp for the Presbyterian Church Camp kids to participate in fishing. A lovely day in the mountains. The white daisys and tiger lilies were in bloom, while the mountain lilac was drying up. Two weeks ago they were a beauti- ful blue and lavendar. *** Jean Barton Linda backed the pickup to the fence line and Leo got a tin chute to add to the shorter chute we had brought from Mt Lassen Trout Farm. Pulled up the clo- sure and the fish in water came rushing out and into the pool where they swam away. Rock Springs, Wy. Another 73 point ride, and he won the 2012 NHSRA bareback title repeating his 2010 accomplishment. Jesse Stratton, Palo Cedro placed 4th in girls cutting after get- ting 211.5 in short go, to go with 434 in the first two rounds. 1st went to Sadee Smith, Idaho with a 666. She had 226 in short go with 440 earli- er. 5th was Chrissy Madgwick, Castaic with 645, and 16th from Cal- District 1 California High School Rodeo's Casey Meroshnekoff went into the Short Round last Saturday night in 1st place with 151 points at the National High School Rodeo Association rodeo finals in ifornia was Billie Hol- man, Visalia with 627. There were 109 girl cut- ters that got a score. This year we could watch the action live on our computers and smart phones by going to live broadcast. watched Casey win the Bareback Riding with a ride of 73 and total score of 224. 2nd and 3rd was a tie at 210 with Dylan Wahert, and Wyatt Denny, Nev. Clayton Biglow, CA was 8th with 193. The bull riding saw the leader buck off and Joseph McConnel, NM, in 5th place had a 83 score to win the title. 18 bull riders bucked off in the short round. Robert Brasier, CA was 72 on one for 15th. I Boys cutting had three Californians in the short round. Clayton Biglow and Jordan Sparrowk, both of Clements, tied for 4th with 648.5, and Cody Golding was 9th with 643. 1st was Hunter Hightower, TX, with 660. won by Leia Pluemer, NM with 59.93 and Jessie Shields, CA was 63.809. Team Roping saw NV cowboys Mor- gan McVay and Bradin Porter win in 21.9, while CA Ryan Eaton & Lane Lowry were 19th with 20.23 on two. All Around Cowboy Pole Bending was Quincy Crum, Little Valley buck off at 7.4 seconds and placed 6th with 133 on 2. 14 bucked off in the short round. 1st was Rusty Wright, UT with 227, 2nd CoBurn Bradshaw, UT 213, 3rd was Garrett Smith, ID with 200. 4th Bryce Howe, NM, with 196, 5th Philiip Shields, MT with 138 on two. Clayton Brum, CA, was 19th with 57 on one. Saddle bronc saw was Garrett Smith, Rexburg, ID with 1345 pts, and Reserve All Around was Clayton Biglow, Clements with 1005 pts. All Around Cowgirl and Rookie cowgirl was Mia Manzanares, Opelousas, LA with 900 pts. She was 3rd in goat tying and 6th in break- away roping. Texas won the team award. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton2013@gmail.co m. Group seeks further review of Willits highway bypass Acting in federal court in San Francisco, CFBF filed a motion to join in an existing law- suit that challenges environmental review of the Willits Bypass Pro- ject; defendants include way project has turned into a farmland-conver- sion project instead, the California Farm Bureau Federation filed docu- ments requesting that state and federal agen- cies review and reduce the impact on agricul- tural land. The case involves a planned Highway 101 bypass around the city of Willits. Saying that a high- In its motion, Farm Bureau notes that the bypass originally would have affected 150 acres of farmland. But now, more than 2,000 acres of land will be affect- ed—with at least 400 acres removed perma- nently from agricultural use—as government agencies seek agricul- tural land to mitigate for wetlands affected by the bypass. "Farmland plays an important role in the the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers and the California Department of Trans- portation. economy and the envi- ronment, both in Men- docino County and statewide," CFBF Presi- dent Paul Wenger said. "All too often, public agencies try to convert farmland as a conve- nient way to address other issues. But that comes at an environ- mental cost, and the agencies in the Willits bypass project didn't work hard enough to review that." Much of the farmland that would be taken out of production for the bypass would be con- verted to wetlands, to make up for loss of existing wetlands in the path of the project. "We don't oppose the bypass, but we do oppose the potential for an extraordinarily high loss of farmland that the agencies would require to build it and to miti- gate for its wetlands impacts," CFBF Associ- ate Counsel Kari Fisher said. "For every acre of wetlands the agencies want to mitigate, they would impact 30 acres of farmland. That sig- nificant impact would have a ripple effect on the area's agricultural- based economy, particu- larly for the farming and ranching families who would lose their land." In its motion, Farm Bureau asks the court to require the agencies to conduct adequate envi- ronmental review of the impact on farmland and to prohibit action on the project until the agen- cies complete that review. 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