For over 50 years, homeowners in our neighborhood knocked on neighbors' doors to have them voluntarily donate funds for the flood irrigation system. Our neighbors gave funds because of the awareness ...

Adrian Hunolt, a rancher who raises cattle near the Bear River in Wyoming, discusses the importance of flood irrigation to both his livelihood and wildlife habitat on Oct. 5, 2022. The Bear River is ...

The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

We’ve all been noticing that irrigation in the valley has been shifting from the traditional flood irrigation to irrigation with sprinkler systems. If you are one of the agricultural producers still ...

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

Some of those concerned with the groundwater debate maintain that flood irrigation of crops can be an effective way of refilling aquifers. The University of California Cooperative Extension in ...

Park water being wasted? Report itIf any leaks or problems with water systems are seen at Washoe County parks, including overwatering, call 775-328-2311 to report it. This week's reader drought ...

The Modesto Bee and most, if not all, of the irrigation districts’ board members appear to have accepted the idea that the public has been “ripped off” by low water charges to farmers who are using ...

TULARE, Calif. — California’s drought could prove devastating to the state’s farmers and ranchers. But the dry spell has brought a gusher of new business to companies that provide them with water.

Evanston, Wyoming • Adrian Hunolt and his family run a cattle ranch on 8,500 acres along a bend in the Bear River, just a few miles from its headwaters in the Uinta Mountains. The river is the ...