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California farmers may receive millions for green agriculture projects
According to the Environmental Defense Fund, farmers in the Northern San Joaquin Valley will be eligible for more than $2.6 million in funds this year under two new farm bill conservation partnership programs.
The organization says the awards will be renewable for several years, totaling up to $12.3 million, and be available for projects such as water quality improvement, reducing off-farm movement of pesticides and sediment as well as improving fish and wildlife habitat.
"We believe these new initiatives hold tremendous promise and will jump start many similar projects - multi-stakeholder efforts that ensure that growers have the assistance they need to successfully address local, state, and regional conservation priorities - in California and across the country," says Eric Holst, managing director of the Center for Conservation Incentives at EDF.
With similar stimulus funds going to communities around the country, the demand for environmental scientists to manage such grants and develop green agriculture projects will grow dynamically in the years to come.
In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts job growth for environmental scientists, such as hydrologists, to average 24 -25 percent per year until 2016. The top 10 percent of such professionals already earn more than $98,320 a year. 
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