Climate, the Environment, and Ecology: Rick Grosberg, University of California, Davis from climate scenario analysis Watch Video
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Description: Rangeland provides essential habitat for native plants and animals, conserves important ecosystem functions, and is threatened by relentless pressure from urban development and potentially climate change. The Williamson Act (WA), designed to incentivize keeping land in agriculture, reduces property taxes for owners of California farm and rangeland (over 15 million total acres). However, state budget cuts have drastically reduced WA funding. Trainees in the REACH IGERT documented the economic and