Restoring the Western Water Cycle: Can we manage land and water to improve the water cycle in the West?
The first webinar of the 2025 Water Webinar series brought together a group of experts to explore the topics of the larger water cycle and the feedback loops between the
Life After Deadpool with Zak Podmore
Today we dive into an illuminating conversation between Morgan Wagoner, Western Landowners Alliance's Western Water Program Director, and Zak Podmore, author of Life After Deadpool: Lake Powell's Last Days and
Forage to Faucets – Denver Water’s sustainable watershed journey
GRAZING TOWARD MORE SUSTAINABLE WATERSHEDS “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.” – Aldo Leopold Like many in the arid West, Denver Water customers turn on their faucets each
Reviving Through Regreening: Exploring opportunities for reversing desertification
The final event of our Summer Water Webinar series, held on August 30th, brought together a diverse group of experts and stakeholders to discuss innovative strategies for water restoration in
Alternative Forage: The challenges and opportunities
On June 28th, Western Landowners Alliance convened the second webinar in our ongoing Summer Water Webinar Series. The program covered the challenges and opportunities associated with growing alternative forages and
Restoring Soil and Saving Water with Wool
In the sprawling landscape of arid western Wyoming, Alicia and Ben Rux, owners of Cottonwood Creek Ranch, faced a common dilemma among Western sheep ranchers: what to do with the
Keeping Cold Water Cold
Tips for ranch water projects that sustain blue-ribbon trout fisheries The drive south from the small town of Twin Bridges, Montana, leads through a broad valley to the agricultural hub of
Beyond Scarcity: Can we restore vitality in a drying West?
The West is used to drought. Aridification, however, is a whole other level. Aridification is more than drought, more than megadrought. Think Sahara. Think Gobi. Increasingly, this is the forecast for
Drought and resilience in the Sonoran Desert with Sarah King
Sarah King and her husband manage the King’s Anvil Ranch in the Altar Valley, near Tucson, Arizona. Sarah is also the executive director of the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance. AVCA
Water Weekly: Experimenting with wool pellets for soil water retention
A new breed of water speculator is remaking the American West, and some really cool projects funded by LOR Foundation's Field Work program.
SCADA rhymes with (water) data
How to design a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for water on your operation Under the theory that better measurement will lead to better management, many water users associations—especially