SAN LUIS — When the water is flowing down from the mountains, Joe Lobato wakes up most mornings and drives from his home in San Luis to his fields spread across the valley where his family has farmed ...
A bill recently approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would help farmers and ranchers more efficiently operate mutual ditch, irrigation and water companies, according to the American Farm ...
Repairs began Monday on the Salvation Ditch, which was shut off Saturday after a ditch walker spotted water pooling that turned out to be a small sinkhole, an official said. The sinkhole is located in ...
Every year, before the beginning of the irrigation system, ditch riders patrol the laterals that will carry water diverted from the Snake River to local fields, looking for weeds and trash that might ...
WHAT: History program on “Flumes, Ditches & Canals, the Irrigation Story,” silent auction, beverages and desserts. Irrigation projects gave rise to agricultural roots such as Corbin Ditch, Newman Lake ...
The source of water — and whether there’s enough to go around — is at the heart of concerns about a proposed agritourism development for some local residents and Garfield County officials. Nutrient ...
High water in the South Platte River means plenty of the stuff available to fill irrigation reservoirs. It also means hidden peril for the structures that divert the water from the river into ...
SEQUIM — A group of neighbors, stakeholders and Sequim residents continue to push back against an effort to enclose more than 10,000 feet of original irrigation ditch in pipe through the city and many ...