After 25 years of drought, California is no longer in a drought due to heavy rainfall in November and December, which has decreased the risk of fires and increased water levels to normal.
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‘Sticky is a way of life’: Inside the Cal Poly Honey Program
According to the Cal Poly Center for Sustainability, Beekeeping (PLSC 175) produces an average of four barrels – or 220 gallons – of honey each year between the fall and spring quarters.
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Opinion: El Niño 2023, decoded
Caroline Kelleher is an anthropology and geography freshman and Mustang News Opinion Columnist. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. June marks the beginning of what is usually a hot California summer, which should be a welcome break from the gloom we’ve had for the first half of […]
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City Of SLO plans to adopt New Water Conservation Rules Following Gov. Newsom’s Statewide Order
The city of San Luis Obispo will implement new California Statewide water conservation rules as soon as June 10. The upcoming rules will include regulations limiting irrigation on residential properties between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. and irrigation of non-functional turf will not be allowed for commercial, institutional or industrial properties, according […]
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Low hope for a super bloom at Carrizo Plain due to dry winter
Biological sciences professor Nishanta Rajakaruna explained that if there is any bloom this year, it will likely not be as good as it was last year.
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Alumni create greywater recycling device to combat California’s drought
Dustin Kash and Chris O’Day created a device to reduce water consumption.
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Alarm to action: Viticulture’s turn to sustainability
The wine industry represented 6.5 percent — or $1.9 billion — of San Luis Obispo County’s gross domestic product in 2015, according to a University of California, Davis study. The same study pointed out that more than 13,000 out of 136,000 jobs in the county are directly related to the hospitality industry sustained by wine tasters […]
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30-Minute update: Former Cal Poly basketball player signs with Lakers, rainfall affects crop science
Mustang News anchors Joe Schutz and Ben Fletcher have this week’s top stories.
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Water fills reservoirs, students fill airports
Cal Poly began the Winter 2017 quarter on Jan. 9, only two days after the beginning of a Pineapple Express — a non-technical term for a corridor of atmospheric moisture that causes heavy precipitation on the West Coast. As last week’s storm made landfall, the impact was intense. On one hand, the storm provided some […]
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How El Niño failed the Central Coast
This year’s El Nino was the strongest on record, but the Central Coast is nowhere near out of the drought.
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How Cal Poly has cut its water use since 2013
Agriculture accounts for approximately 50 percent of Cal Poly’s water use.