04-24-2021, 03:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2021, 04:00 AM by castnshoot.)
(04-23-2021, 03:34 PM)Chi Big Sky Wrote: I live here and it's not looking good. All the farmers, ranchers, and fishermen are extremely concerned about the snow pack, lack of water, and the possibly disastrous future in terms of drought and all that goes with it.
The Alfalfa Project, which uses subsurface drip irrigation (technology) and precision crop management techniques (procedural/process change) to dramatically reduce irrigation water consumption by 47%, while increasing crop yields by 77%.
This method among others are being used a lot in California and Arizona. They really work, but the start up cost are high, Although their are grants to help the farmers out. One of the fishing oranzations should use some of their hi priced lawyers to work with the farmers to get some of these grants in exchange for some more water for the reserve pool. Instead of suing some poor farmer for the so called right to trespass on some ankle deep seep.
The air is so dry in that area that a lot of the time when you go to make a sandwich the bread will feel like toast before you take the first bite. Everybody’s hands are cracked and bleeding. Those big tall pivots that are 20 feet off the ground,,, often times half of that water is lost to evaporations.