Tule land trust seeks new board member

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June 28, 2024

Farmer Frank Junio stands in the Bureau of Land Management wildlife area in Atwell Island to study natural habitat features for use in the trust’s restoration project at Capinero Creek, a former 467-acre dairy. COURTESY: Tule Basin Land & Water Conservation Trust

The Tule Basin Land & Water Conservation Trust, formed in 2020 by area farmers and water managers intent on finding solutions to the region’s groundwater woes, is seeking a new board member.

The prospective board member must have experience in irrigated agricultural land within Pixley, Lower Tule, or Tri-County Water Authority groundwater sustainability agency, according to a trust newsletter.

This role will help shape the future of local groundwater sustainability. Meetings are held monthly in Tulare, with Zoom options available.

Interested persons are asked to submit their resume and letter of interest by June 30 to Susan Long at susanlong@tuletrust.org.

The trust aims to identify less productive land to fallow to consolidate groundwater resources for more productive ag land.

Its most recent project involved fallowing 467 acres next to the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge that had been used as a dairy.

Authors

Lois Henry

CEO and editor Lois Henry has spent 30 years covering the San Joaquin Valley.

She was raised on a ranch east of Fresno and attended Fresno State where she majored in Journalism.

In Bakersfield she covered a variety of beats including the military, social services, the oil industry, city and county government and did a stint in Sacramento at The Californian’s capitol bureau.

Henry spent 10 years as a manager and was the lead editor for the paper’s many award-winning projects.

In 2007, she began a twice weekly, investigative column and was able to focus on one of her passions – water.

Valley residents innately understand the importance of water. Henry has helped develop that understanding by untangling the complicated knots of rights, lawsuits, contracts and deals by which water is moved and consumed.

She plans to continue that mission through SJV Water.

Henry lives with her husband, one dog and two very spoiled cats in Bakersfield.

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