We Are Not Ready For The Scorching, Parched Summer Ahead
We’ve all read the innumerable news articles about the looming catastrophe on the Colorado River. The Upper and Lower Basins have failed to find a compromise, they’ve blown past multiple deadlines to come
New Study Shows Rain and Ag Have Closer Relationship Than Previously Assumed
A recent paper published by Yan Jiang, a hydroclimatologist completing a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego and Jennifer Burney, a professor of Global Environmental Policy and Earth
In drying West, hope for wetlands found on working lands, says new study
The warming climate in the American West is drying out wetlands at a greater scale than previously known. But where wetlands remain, and why, may surprise you. A 2025 paper, “Going,
Another deadline comes and goes. What will happen to the water in the Colorado River?
Valentine’s Day was supposed to be the time when the Upper and Lower Basin states in the Colorado River kissed and made up, drew up an agreement that would get
Flood Irrigation Can Lead to Better Streamflow, Study Says
The conversion of flood irrigation to sprinklers has been a boon to producers. Sprinklers are more efficient, which means better yields, and better yields mean more to sell on the
Dryland Farming in the Colorado Basin with Gus Westerman
In a drying West, more producers are looking for options to remain viable, which is why today we’re taking a look at dryland farming.
The Colorado River Basin Cannot Survive Without Major Changes
Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation released the draft Environmental Impact Statement evaluating post-2026 operation alternatives for managing the Colorado River reservoirs after the expiration of the current operating guidelines
The Wonderful, Unbelievable, (Kind of) Automatic Irrigation Tarp!
The short growing season of the Upper Gunnison River watershed means producers need to work fast when they irrigate their fields. Through the work of Trout Unlimited and Colorado State
Indigenous Irrigation Looks at the Whole World
There is a basic assumption that undergirds many of the conversations about water in the west: what irrigation is. Irrigation is commonly thought of as man-made structures moving water from one
Using Rock Weirs to Slow Water in the Big Hole Valley with Rancher Erik Kalsta
Today we’re digging into a deceptively simple tool with big impacts on water and soil health: rock weirs. Rancher and Working Wild Challenge director Erik Kalsta joins us from Montana’s Big
Water, Not Land, Limits Growth in Colorado and the West
A decades-long boom has permanently reshaped Colorado. Along the Front Range, cities from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs have merged into a nearly unbroken wall of development. Yet as the
Dung beetles dig it, create value for ranchers and rangelands
Plop! Big mammals poop. They poop a lot. Cattle poop up to a dozen times a day. Horses? Up to 15 times per day. Bison produce three gallons of poop per