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The can't-miss water stewardship stories
that are defining the West and its future in
a hotter, drier climate, today.
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Irrigating for Food and Fish: Water infrastructure and healthy streams
In the fourth installment of our 2025 Water Webinar series, we explored the intersection of irrigation, infrastructure, and ecological stewardship. The discussion focused on innovative strategies that enable fish to thrive
Neighboring through drought: Water sharing solutions for the West
In the third installment of our 2025 Water Webinar series we focused on the successes and challenges of utilizing community-scale water sharing agreements to provide flexibility to producers and communities as they
Stream Gaging Capacity Cuts Could Be Devastating for the West
In January 1889, an intrepid group of hydrographers, led by Frederick H. Newell, installed the first U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stream gage on the Rio Grande near Embudo, New Mexico.
The most challenging situations produce the most inspiring solutions. That’s what you’ll find here in On Water.
It’s past time we retired the old Western saying: “Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting.” People are working together to find solutions to the West’s mounting water crisis. We need to hear these stories, and emulate them, if there’s going to be something left worth raising a glass to. In On Land‘s new feature section, On Water, we’ll bring you these stories, both originals from our stable of solutions journalists, and the very best from other outlets around the West and the World.
Water Weekly is a new regular roundup of Western water stories that lives at the center of On Land On Water, a commitment to covering this most critical of issues in the American West. Thanks to generous support from the Walton Family Foundation, On Land is able to bring you regular explanations, insights and stories focused on what landowners can and are doing to survive the ongoing drought and drying out of the West.
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