Volume 16 Issue 1 January NM
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership pursues voluntary fish and wildlife habitat conservation, restoration, and management in the Colorado and Rio Grande basins. We speak with Rio Grande Program Manager Elle Benson about current top…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January NZ
The ambitious idea for the South Canterbury area’s Opuha Water scheme germinated in the 1980s, and the scheme was established in 1995. Today, it is a mainstay of the regional economy. We speak with Director Richard…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January WA
Shane Sheppard is the manager of Consolidated Irrigation District No. 19, located in the rapidly urbanizing outskirts of Spokane in eastern Washington State. In this month’s cover story, we speak with him about…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January WY
The issues Ric Herman observed as an active and involved farmer and rancher led him to help form the Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts (WAID), of which he now serves as vice president. In our cover…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec
The Friant Water Authority facilitates the delivery of over 1 million acre-feet of water a year from Friant Dam to 32 water agencies, making use of major conveyance structures such as the 36‑mile Madera Canal and…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec AZ
This month, we continue a series of conversations with Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Chairwoman Amelia Flores. After the passage of the CRIT Water Resiliency Act into federal law in 2022, the tribes have now…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec MT
The Montana Water Center, one of 54 federally funded water resource research institutes across the nation, supports research and educational initiatives that address key water issues, such as soil health, drought…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec NE
Most of our Nebraska readers will know about the Nebraska LEAD program; fewer may know that it has a new leader. My friend Terry Hejny has retired after many productive years at the helm, and he has…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec NM
Bloomfield Irrigation District is a small district in northwestern New Mexico, but as with many small irrigation districts, aging infrastructure is posing it big problems. In our interview with Office Coordinator…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec NZ
This month, we speak with Sara Black, the CEO of Amuri Irrigation Company, which manages three irrigation schemes in New Zealand’s Amuri basin. The company has launched an ambitious farmer-led project…