Volume 13 Issue 3 March
Responding to the Drought on the Colorado By Kris Polly As Arizona irrigators know, the tier 1 cuts to Colorado River water deliveries are starting to bite. The drought on the Colorado is a deadly serious affair. This month, we are pleased to feature a column by United States Senator Mark Kelly, whose Colorado […]
Volume 13 Issue 3 March
Introducing Commissioner Touton and Commissioner Giner By Kris Polly This month, we are pleased to bring you an interview with the 24th commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, Camille Calimlim Touton. Ms. Touton is from Nevada and is a well-known friend of the western water community. She has many years of experience in the […]
Volume 13 Issue 3 March
The Hard Work of Local Farmers, Small Schemes, and Family Businesses By Kris Polly This month, we are pleased to feature Waimate District Mayor Craig Rowley in our cover story. Water is the lifeblood of this highly agricultural district, and Mayor Rowley gives us a good sense of how national regulations and reform proposals […]
Volume 13 Issue 3 March
Bringing Experience and Understanding to the Legal Field By Kris Polly While this magazine often focuses on central Washington, east of the Cascades, there is also important irrigated agriculture to the west. This month, we speak with Jenna Friebel, the executive director of the Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation Districts Consortium, about how her […]
Volume 13 Issue 2 February
130 Years of Family History in the Buckeye Valley By Kris Polly Noel Carter, the general manager of Arizona’s Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District, has a family history in the Buckeye Valley that goes back to the 1890s. Today, the district he leads provides water and drainage services to local farmers and is […]
Volume 13 Issue 2 February
Bringing Experience and Understanding to the Legal Field By Kris Polly Anna Franz is a Moses Lake–based attorney with a family-farm background and long experience in water law and municipal law, including significant work with irrigation district clients and work as a young attorney with the great Richard Lemargie. In our cover story, she […]
Volume 13 Issue 2 February
The Hard Work of Local Farmers, Small Schemes, and Family Businesses By Kris Polly Andy Hayes is a fifth-generation farmer in the Waitaki District of New Zealand’s South Island. In addition to running his farm, he is the chair of Haka Valley Irrigation Ltd. (HVIL), a small irrigation scheme, and a director of the […]
Volume 13 Issue 2 February
A Half-Century of Achievement By Kris Polly Over their 50 years of existence, Nebraska’s national resources districts (NRDs) have proven the value of conjunctively managing a wide range of soil- and water-related issues within watershed boundaries. This year, they are celebrating their half-century of achievements with open houses, events, and more, as we learn […]
Volume 13 Issue 1 January
Words From a Statesman By Kris Polly This month, we have the honor of featuring former Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona on our cover. Senator Kyl has long experience in groundwater management, surface water settlements, and the development of a major water supply project, the Central Arizona Project. In our interview, he brings this […]
Volume 13 Issue 1 January
A Focus on Nebraska By Kris Polly On our cover this month is Tom Wilmoth, a Nebraska-based water lawyer who is also a cofounder of Zipline Brewing, which has created 36 jobs with its brewery in Lincoln and retail locations in Lincoln and Omaha. Not only is making beer a way of putting water […]