US: Vineyard frost protection rules up for vote before county supervisors
US: Vineyard frost protection rules up for vote before county supervisors
Apr 16, 2012 6
(PressDemocrat) - Controversial rules designed to protect endangered fish and regulate how grape growers use water from the Russian River will be revisited by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
The board will vote on a plan to scale down the county program, which once aimed to require vineyard and orchard owners to monitor and report on their water diversions from the river.
Instead, under the changes likely to be approved, the county program will simply require farmers to register with the county if they use water in the Russian River watershed for their crops
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