Volume 16 Issue 3 March

In our cover story this month, Paul Tashjian of Audubon Southwest throws cold water on the environment-versus-agriculture narrative. While both wildlife and farmers need water, he explains, there are common-ground…

Volume 16 Issue 3 March

In our cover story this month, John Stuhlmiller, our Washington State contributing editor, interviews Derek Sandison, a veteran water policymaker who since 2015 has served as the director of the Washington State…

Volume 16 Issue 3 March

The Mid Canterbury Catchment Collective (MCCC) works as a community-led umbrella organization to coordinate and strengthen the watershed health activities of 10 member catchment groups. In our cover…

Volume 16 Issue 3 March

In this month’s cover story, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon provides a broad overview of state water issues in an interview conducted by Ric Herman, the vice president of the Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts.

Volume 16 Issue 2 February

With an entitlement of 3.1 million acre-feet of Colorado River water per year, Southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District (IID) cannot be overlooked. What it does has a major effect on the river as a whole, which…

Volume 16 Issue 2 February

All water users in Arizona know the importance of conservation, and all are pursuing strategies to reduce water use. In our cover story this month, we speak with Ethan Orr of the University of Arizona Cooperative…

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…