What landowners need to know about process-based restoration
Jackie Corday, owner of Corday Natural Resources Consulting and tri-chair of the Colorado Healthy Headwaters Working Group, joined the Western Landowners Alliance for a presentation about the key considerations for
Stream Access: A Western Water Issue
In March of 2022, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding the public’s right to access waterways that flow through private land. As noted by the court in
We asked landowners about water
New research highlights agricultural water users’ preferences for addressing water shortages in the Colorado River Basin Forty million people in the West rely on water from the Colorado River Basin for
New survey pinpoints trust gap on water for irrigators
Survey of Colorado River Basin irrigators reveals challenges, pathways for agricultural water conservation An in-depth survey of more than 1,000 farmers and ranchers in the Colorado River Basin has some startling
Preparing for Rain
By Ellen Waterston A Conversation with Becky Hatfield Hyde & Taylor Hyde, owners of Hatfield Hyde Land Trust, Brothers, Oregon When it comes to this busy, hopscotching duo, finding Becky Hatfield Hyde
Water Weekly: “There’s really nothing new under the sun in the Colorado River space.”
A new breed of water speculator is remaking the American West, and some really cool projects funded by LOR Foundation's Field Work program.
Bennet, Moran, Heinrich Introduce Bill To Create New Tool For Farmers And Ranchers To Combat Drought
Legislation would create new USDA Voluntary Groundwater Conservation Easement Program Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Voluntary Groundwater Conservation Act to give
Summer water resource funding opportunities in the Colorado River basin
Summer is officially here and the heat has been turned up! The cool, wet spring that many of us in the intermountain West have enjoyed is supporting our lands and
Water Weekly: Developing new operating guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead is a “monumentally important task”
The process of developing new rules for how the Colorado River works officially began last week, and tribes want a bigger role in determining those rules than they have ever
The big deal on the Colorado River with reporter Luke Runyon
This week on the On Land Podcast I welcome veteran water reporter Luke Runyon. Luke covers the Colorado River Basin for public radio station KUNC. His podcast, Thirst Gap, digs
Water Weekly: Breakthrough deal possible thanks to wet winter
The New York Times shares the news that California, Arizona and Nevada have agreed on a plan to save 3 million acre-feet of water over the next three years in
Helping our water do more with Aaron Derwingson of the Nature Conservancy
Today on the show, Western Landowners Alliance's Programs Director Hallie Mahowald had the pleasure of talking to a good friend, Aaron Derwingson. Derwingson is the water projects director for the