$15M in federal funds could help farmers save water as they grow crops. ... That means the potential for water conservation with the USDA program is small in Central Arizona.

Much of the Colorado River's water is used for agriculture. A new study shows 46% of the water that is diverted is used to grow hay to feed cattle.

Like humans, plants mature and build resiliencies to various pressures through their life cycle. There are times in many plants’ growth when they are more drought-tolerant, and it’s appropriate to ...

Conservation advocacy grew into a second career, which he pursued vigorously for over 60 years, culminating in his book, “Our Margin of Life,” published in 1964.

Farmer Gary Wilson stands in one of his alfalfa fields in Moab, Sept. 17, 2024. For years, he also farmed the land next to this field, but it has been developed into large homes in recent years.

BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- Conservation roundtables are underway in the area. They're designed to help farmers and others promote healthy soil and water. The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance is organizing ...

As the state sitting above the largest portion of the United States’ largest aquifer, Nebraska relies on groundwater not just for hydrating, but irrigating.

The Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture was implemented by the Board of Water and Soil Resources in Minnesota and administered by Virginia Tech. It was to pay out $57 million in 2024 and ...

A field Gary Wilson used to lease for farming is now a Moab subdivision with around two dozen homes; one that sold last year was listed for $1.25 million.

1. There’s inelastic demand. The world needs water, but there is only a finite supply of the resource. Indeed, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Roughly half of the ...

Over the last two years, the Upper Colorado River Commission has spent $44.6 million to conserve 101,441 acre-feet of water, enough water to supply more than 200,000 households with a year’s ...

“Water contamination is a huge issue. I mean that’s the name of the company I work for is the Soil and Water Conservation Service, and they get in there, they root up in the water, they put disease in ...