Category Archives: Water

New Solution to the Dam Fish Problems!

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Robin

If you live in the Northwest, you’ve likely heard about the multi-decades-long controversy of removing 4 dams from the Columbia River in order to enable salmon and steelhead to return to their breeding grounds upriver.  Attempts to help the fish … Continue reading →

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Winter at Bald Butte

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Robin

Thought you’d like to see this snap of Bald Butte Ranch, taken just this week.  This photo shows the bunkhouse, shop, pumphouse and pastures behind.  Everything is buttoned up! All that snow turns into moisture, which goes into the ground, … Continue reading →

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Farmers Protect Natural Resources

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Robin

No-till or conservation tillage – a way of farming that reduces erosion (aka soil loss) while using less energy – is used on more than twice as many cropland acres compared to conventional tillage.  Advanced conservation practices are used on … Continue reading →

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Farmers Take Conservation Seriously

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Robin

We often hear of environmental groups and even city folks who challenge those who live in rural areas, on ranches or on farms to take better care of their land and natural resources.  What they don’t understand is that the … Continue reading →

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Hard to Believe

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Robin

In a recent L.A.Times opinion editorial, two University of California Irvine professors stated that “food production requires unfathomable volumes of water,” and they concluded that California needs less agriculture. What is really “unfathomable” according to Westlands Water District, near Fresno, … Continue reading →

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Thought of the Week

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Robin

“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace, and one for science.” -President J.F.K.

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Thought of the Week

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Robin

Out here, water is like gold -Ed Wiltse, Mayor of Ulysses, Kansas

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Thought of the Week

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Robin

You can’t do anything about the rain that won’t fall, or the rain that won’t stop falling.  

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Thought of the Week

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Robin

Every dollar invested in soil and water conservation can save five to ten times that amount in costs associated with dredging rivers, building levees, and flood control in downstream areas. Dirt

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Thought of the Week

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Robin

RAIN MAKES GRAIN

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