Results for keyword: irrigation
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Farmers agree to tax those who deplete groundwater
Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater.
by Cally Carswell, Feb 25, 2013 -
Drought forces a new era of agricultural water conservation
Whether converting open ditches into pipelines or fallowing fields, farmers and ranchers in the West are being forced to change the ways they use water as climate-induced drought tightens its grip.
by Paul Larmer, Feb 18, 2013 -
Coping with two-headed fish and other effects of selenium
Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development.
by Danielle Venton, May 29, 2012 -
Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary
A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washington's Skagit River Delta has encouraged cooperation between farmers and environmentalists - and might even help endangered chinook salmon.
by Eric Wagner, May 08, 2012 -
A Colorado newspaperman fights for his valley's water
Bob Rawlings, publisher of the Pueblo Chieftain, has battled for decades to bring water to southeastern Colorado and, once it's there, to keep it no matter what.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 26, 2012 -
Wrestling with a destiny of dryness
A Utah writer struggles with his family’s predilection to always end up living in very arid places.
by John Bennion, Nov 10, 2011 -
Re-watering Nevada's dying Walker Lake
Walker Lake in northwestern Nevada has been dying for years, but locals and government officials are determined to restore it.
by Gordon Gregory, Aug 09, 2011 -
Spring-cleaning the acequia: A photo essay
The annual spring cleaning of its irrigation ditch brings tiny El Cerrito, N.M., together to work and celebrate.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch and Sharon Stewart, Jun 16, 2011 -
The year in water
A La Niña year brings a good snowpack to some Western states and little or nothing to others.
by Cally Carswell, May 15, 2011 -
In Navajoland, a contentious water deal divides the tribe
The Navajos are on the brink of getting water they've long been entitled to, but not everybody on the reservation is pleased.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 01, 2011






