California Farmland Conversion Report (1996-98)

Irrigated farmland lost ground to large new urban increases as the California Dept. of Conservation's Farmland Mapping & Monitoring Program conducted its 1998 biennial land use inventory. This inventory of agricultural & urban land use covers 44.1 million acres of the state's private & public land. The inventory covers 48 counties, 46 of which have modern soil surveys, & represents approximately 90% of the agricultural land in the state. Chapters: summary & analysis; important & interim farmland tables; regional conversion summary 1996-1998 & 1998 regional acreage summary; farmland of local importance definitions. Charts, tables & maps, some in color.Kishi, Emily is the author of 'California Farmland Conversion Report (1996-98)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780756720155 and ISBN 075672015X.