Volume 16 Issue 2 February
In our cover story this month, we speak with K. Webb Galbreath, the director of the Blackfeet Water Department. He tells us about how the Blackfeet Nation is making use of the water rights and funding it secured through…
Volume 16 Issue 2 February
In this month’s cover story, we speak with Judy Ridenour, who has been recognized—for the second time—as the natural resources district system’s director of the year. With 50 years of experience ranching in the Sandhills…
Volume 16 Issue 2 February
Wayne Pullan brings three decades of experience at the Bureau of Reclamation to his current role as the regional director of the Upper Colorado Basin Region. In our wide-ranging conversation in this month’s cover…
Volume 16 Issue 2 February
In our cover story this month, we interview Kelvin Weir, the
chairman of the Maerewhenua District Water Resource Company
(MDWRC). Active in irrigated agriculture in the region for
several decades, he tells us about how practices have changed and
how MDWRC is striving to make water use ever more efficient.
With an entitlement of 3.1 million acre-feet of Colorado River
water per year, Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District
(IID) cannot be…
Volume 16 Issue 2 February
Tom Tebb is well known in Washington State for his good character—and for his success as the director of the Office of Columbia River (OCR) at the Washington State Department of Ecology. In our cover…
Volume 16 Issue 2 February
In this month’s cover story, we speak with Lyle Myler, the area manager of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Wyoming Area Office. He gives us a thorough survey of the region’s hydrological characteristics and the…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January
The South Island of New Zealand is rich in irrigated agriculture, irrigated pasture, hydropower resources, beautiful views, and charming and resourceful people. Participants in a March 2024 tour organized by Irrigation…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January AZ
Doug Greenland is the general manager of the Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District and the Cortaro Water Users’ Association, located in an urbanizing area north of Tucson, Arizona. In this month’s cover story, we talk to him…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January MT
Helena-based professional services consulting firm Morrison-Maierle has worked on many water resources and irrigation projects in Montana, including the Jocko Area Canal Conversion Project and Bitter Root…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January NE
Over the course of his rich career, Lee Orton has been involved in a wide array of Nebraska irrigation and water organizations, including the natural resources district system, the Nebraska Association of Resources…