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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IN EARLY 2023, CALIFORNIA RECEIVED EXTREME LEVELS OF PRECIPITATION, WITH A SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS. NUMEROUS RIVERS INCLUDING THE KERN PEAKED AT HEIGHTS NOT SEEN IN 50Y. FURTHERMORE, THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, WHICH DRAIN TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY (SJV), HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 50' OF SNOWFALL, BREAKING A 40Y RECORD. A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN 47 OF 58 COUNTIES WITH A PRESIDENTIAL MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION ISSUED ON 4/3/2023 FOR SEVERAL KEY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCING COUNTIES INCLUDING KERN COUNTY, THE FOCUS OF THIS INTEGRATED PROJECT.THE ENORMOUS INCREASE IN WATER AVAILABILITY INCLUDING WIDESPREAD STANDING WATER AND ONGOING FLOODS WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE ECOLOGY OF THE SJV'S AGROECOSYSTEMS, WITH POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR FARMWORKER HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND SAFETY AND AGROECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE.WE PROPOSE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT, LEVERAGING REMOTE SENSING, ECOLOGY AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY APPROACHES, TO EVALUATE (1) HOW WEST NILE VIRUS RISK AND MOSQUITO ABUNDANCE IS RESPONDING SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY TO INCREASED STANDING WATER, AND HOW FARMWORKERS CAN ADAPT TO CHANGES IN RISK (2) HOW FARMERS ARE RESPONDING TO THE FLOOD VIA PLANTING AND FALLOWING DECISIONS, AND WHETHER THEIR RESPONSES ARE LIKELY TO IMPROVE OR DEGRADE AGROECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE IN FUTURE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

$299,440FY2023National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

University Of California, Santa Barbara

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