Tag: tom buschatzke
In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water
Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and...
Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks
Competing priorities, outsized demands, and the federal government’s retreat from a threatened deadline stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically...
In the West, pressure to count water lost to evaporation
Exposed to the beating sun and hot dry air, more than 10% of the water carried by the Colorado River evaporates, leaks...
Arizona restricts farming to protect groundwater supply
The outskirts of Kingman, Arizona, used to be a place where pilots would train and recreationists tested their all-terrain vehicles.
Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use
Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked with mud and rock as climate change...
Arizona endorses plan to sell Colorado River water to suburb
The state agency recommended approval of the water sale by GSC Farm LLC to the Queen Creek suburb.
