water conservation

Today we welcomed Dr. Alex Hunt back into the studio to discuss the forthcoming Southern Plains Conference 2020, with the theme “Representing, Modeling,…

Each winter, anxious water managers, farmers and city leaders in the American Southwest turn their eyes toward the snowy peaks of the southern Rocky...

To conclude our three-part series on how gardeners new to our region can overcome reduced water access, today's installment of Growing on the High Plains…

VANCE: Hey! I'm Vance Ehmke and we farm in Lane County KS. Today Louise and I are going to talk about stretching water.LOUISE: While most people in…

Hello, Radio Readers! Where have the books in our spring series Water and Replenishment been taking you?Me? Well, talking about these books have made for…

I appreciate Kathy Holt asking me to review Ogallala Blue by William Ashworth for High Plains Public Radio. I had read the book several years ago, and…

It doesn’t make any difference whether you’re reading John Nichols’ The Milagro Beanfield War to find out why Joe Mondragon diverted a stream of water for…

A Colorado State University crop and soil scientist recently secured funding for sites in northeastern Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska to look at ways…

In western Kansas, meanwhile, a farmer and local officials were recently honored for their efforts to preserve water.A Finney County farmer and the City…

Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado have agreed to a method of managing the Republican River, a waterway shared by all three states.As The Wichita Eagle…