Results for keyword: Irrigation
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Farmers asked to ante up for salmon
In Washington's Methow Valley, irrigators are up in arms over the National Marine Fisheries Service claim that leaky ditches take too much water and kill endangered salmon.
by Ken OIsen, Feb 26, 2001 -
Drying up the Melon capital
Some residents of Rocky Ford, Colo., are worried by the prospect of area farmers selling their water rights to the rapidly growing city of Aurora.
by Victoria Peglar, Jul 03, 2000 -
Blurring the landscape
Historian Mark Fiege's book, "Irrigated Eden: The Making of an Agricultural Landscape in the American West," describes southern Idaho as a hybrid habitat that reveals a complicated reciprocal relationship between people and nature.
by Jenny Emery Davidson, Sep 27, 1999 -
Pillar of Sand
In "Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?" author Sandra Postel brings a clear, thoughtful approach to the intertwined questions of food production and population growth.
by Ed Marston, Sep 13, 1999 -
As salmon decline, feds draw the line
In Washington's Methow Valley, irrigation ditches are bone dry because the National Marine Fisheries Service has shut off their water to protect salmon in the Methow River and its tributaries.
by Dustin Solberg, Jun 21, 1999 -
Deciphering the ditches
José A. Rivera's "Acequia Culture: Water, Land and Community in the Southwest" is a valuable reference on the acequia system of ditch irrigation and the Hispanic communities it nourishes.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 15, 1999 -
Irrigators speak a volume
The Family Farm Alliance defends irrigation in its report, "Western Irrigation Economic Benefits Review."
by Dustin Solberg, Sep 28, 1998 -
Partial measurements
Colorado State University Professor Steven Abt has a computer program that will help landowners extend the life of the Parshall Flumes that irrigate Colorado fields.
by Staff, Apr 13, 1998 -
Reservoir unleashes more than water
More than 4,000 fish are killed by sediment when an irrigation company drains its reservoir on Colorado's Poudre River.
by Patrick Dowd, Nov 25, 1996 -
No final solutions for farmers
Environmentalists, irrigators and Indians battle over water in Nevada's Lahontan Valley.
by Jon Christensen, Apr 03, 1995
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