Irrigation
January 10, 2009--Town officials begin discussions on variety of water-related issues (Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Water planning for 2009 and beyond was discussed Monday night during a town board w
January 9, 2009--Super Ditch aims to save valley farmland (Pueblo Chieftain)
Since 1960, the Arkansas Valley has lost 60,000 acres of irrigated agriculture land.
January 9, 2009--Billions face food shortages, study warns (Environmental Network News)
Half of the world's population could face severe food shortages by the en
January 8, 2009--Udall, Salazar introduce public-lands bills (Denver Post)
Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Ken Salazar
have introduced a bill to designate nearly 250,000 acres in Rocky
Mountain National Park as wilderness.
January 8, 2009--Pipeline talks reach an impasse (Yuma Pioneer)
The veil of secrecy shrouding Colorado's negotiations with Kansas and
Nebraska on the proposed compact compliance pipeline has been lifted.
January 7, 2009--Court formally adopts Gunnison River accord (Denver Post)
A state water court in Gunnison has
formally adopted an agreement among state and federal officials, water
users and conservation groups on rights to the Gunnison River.
January 3, 2009--Food needs 'fundamental rethink' (Environmental Network News)
A
sustainable global food system in the 21st Century needs to be built
on a series of new fundamentals, according to a leading food expert.
