Study uses remote sensing to monitor groundwater along river corridors in the Southwest
A recent study led by UC Santa Barbara’s Marc Mayes investigates how patterns in tree water loss to the atmosphere, tracked with satellite imagery, relates to groundwater supplies.
Read More...Columbia River conference highlights importance of Indigenous perspective in conservation
community’s health is tied to the health of its land and rivers, scientists, environmentalists and Indigenous people agreed last week at a two-day Columbia River conference. Speakers at the “Lower…
Read More...Clean water, effective manure: Specially designed biochar key to research project on fertilizer
Dairy manure is a natural crop fertilizer, and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists believe they have discovered a way to make sure that the valuable resource stays on crops, where it…
Read More...Program expanding to map Colorado mountain snowpack
Front Range water providers are hoping to expand a program that uses a new technology they say will revolutionize water management in Colorado. But for now, the expensive program isn’t…
Read More...Winter’s dry start prompts low California water allocation
California’s water managers yesterday preliminarily allocated just 10% of requested water supplies to agencies that together serve more than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. The state Department…
Read More...Judges grill Ore. ranchers on tribal rights
(Subscription Required) Federal judges yesterday questioned Oregon ranchers’ claims that the process for local tribes to exercise their water rights is threatening agriculture and lacks any “political accountability.” The complicated…
Read More...Trump administration will raise California dam, expand reservoir
(Subscription Required) The Trump administration yesterday announced it has finalized its plan to extend one of the largest dams in Northern California, one of its most ambitious and controversial water…
Read More...U.S. agricultural water use declining for most crops and livestock production
A comprehensive University of Illinois study looked at water withdrawals in U.S. agriculture and food production from 1995 to 2010. The main trend was a decline in water use, driven…
Read More...Will the West figure out how to share water?
As droughts become more persistent and urban growth across the Mountain West continues to skyrocket, agricultural communities are increasingly worried about losing their water to far away cities — turning the…
Read More...NRCS announces WaterSMART funding
USDA NRCS plans to roll out $13 million in funding to help producers on private working lands better conserve water resources in coordination with investments made by water suppliers.
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