Results for keyword: Irrigation
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California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps
California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones
by J.M. McCord, Feb 07, 2005 -
Klamath farmers face a new threat
Klamath Basin farmers may be hit with a huge increase in electric rates, but some say that even putting farms out of business may not save enough water for endangered fish
by Michael Milstein, Feb 07, 2005 -
Failure of leadership, not a lack of water, dooms the Klamath River
Only the federal government can find away to protect both salmon and farmers in the Northwest’s Klamath River watershed
by Tim Holt, Sep 13, 2004 -
Federal report supports Klamath farmers
The National Research Council issues a report saying that irrigation shutoffs alone won’t save endangered salmon in the Klamath River Basin of Oregon and California
by Michael Milstein, Nov 10, 2003 -
Westlands farmers sell out
The federal government has decided to buy out California’s Westlands Water District
by Sierra Standish, Apr 14, 2003 -
A report from Nebraska, deep in drought
In the Nebraska Sandhills, farmland that should never have been plowed is vanishing into dust, and once-vibrant communities are drying up, too, leaving ghosts behind.
by Lyn Messersmith, Feb 24, 2003 -
Who speaks for the farmers?
In southern Oregon's Klamath Basin, some local farmers are upset with the Klamath Water Users Association for helping to kill a Farm Bill amendment that would have made it easier for them to sell their land to the federal government.
by Laura Paskus, Aug 05, 2002 -
The man in the rubber boots
A day spent helping to "bring in the water" on an irrigation ditch leads the writer to muse about the green landscapes in the dry West.
by Paul Larmer, Aug 13, 2001 -
Will farmers harvest a legal take?
Klamath Basin farmers see a precedent in irrigators in the Tulare Lake Basin, Calif., who sued the federal government, claiming it unfairly took $25 million worth of water when it shut down pumps to protect endangered fish.
by Rebecca Clarren, Aug 13, 2001 -
Living off a leaky canal
A plan to line with concrete the border's All-American Canal would save water for California, but endanger the livelihood of 30,000 people in Mexico's Mexicali Valley, who use the "wasted" water in agriculture.
by Haley Nolde, May 21, 2001
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