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In New Mexico communities dependent on aquatic recreation, worsening drought could be disastrous

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In New Mexico communities dependent on aquatic recreation, worsening drought could be disastrous

drought, economics, impacts, irrigation, NEWS_ARCHIVE, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 July 5, 2021

From the base of Elephant Butte Dam, the scale of the reservoir’s decline is evident.

Amid historic drought, a new water war in the West

adaptation, CALIFORNIA, drought, farming, fish, impacts, irrigation, NEWS_ARCHIVE, Oregon, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 June 2, 2021

A drought crisis has erupted in the Klamath Basin along the California-Oregon border, with fish dying en masse and farmers infuriated that they have been...

The rancher trying to solve the West’s water crisis

colorado, denver, drought, extreme weather, impacts, irrigation, NEWS_ARCHIVE, POLITICS, RSS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 December 4, 2020

The power politics of the Colorado River have long pitted families like Paul Bruchez’s against big cities. Under pressure from climate change, they might be...

High Plains Farmers Race to Save the Ogallala Aquifer

drought, Drought_MN, farmers, FARMING_MN, irrigationBy Aliya November 18, 2019

By restoring soils and grasslands, farmers in the Texas Panhandle are conserving the last water beneath their feet.

Farmers Don’t Need to Read the Science. We Are Living It.

drought, FARMING_MN, irrigation, MASS_NEWSBy CCR@IIXXI8 August 9, 2019

Many farmers probably haven’t read the new report from the United Nations warning of threats to the global food supply from climate change and land misuse. But...