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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Gardeners rethink their yards


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Associated Press

Ripping out the front lawn and its bordering rhododendrons and replacing them with a landscape of native grasses, ground covers, succulents and rocks once seemed an unfathomable act of defiance. No longer.

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Viewpoints: Putting some myths about California’s drought to rest

Sacramento Bee

As the effects of the drought worsen, two persistent water myths are complicating the search for solutions. One is that environmental regulation is causing California’s water scarcity. The other is that conservation alone can bring us into balance. Each myth has different advocates. But both hinder the development of effective policies to manage one of the state’s most important natural resources.

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Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article2602684.html#storylink=cpy