by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Drought, Environment
Did you know that fires can lead to heavy rain? This may sound like an impossibility, how canfire, which is heat, lead to more moisture? Well, scientists found that the California fires duringthe summer of 2022 created massive smoke clouds that travelled across the...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Drought, Environment
Climate change is a defining issue of our time. Global warming changes weather patterns, sealevels, and resource availability, and with it where people can live. Climate migrants and climaterefugees will continue to grow in number as the changes to the environment...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Blog, Irrigation
Drip. Drip. Drip. Yup, you guessed it, another irrigation technique. Now, we will discuss whatdrip Irrigation is. Drip irrigation is another irrigation technique that is used for large crops. Dripirrigation uses tubes or pipes that are buried beneath the soil. The...
by Eleanor Cabell | Sep 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Blog
It’s National Coffee Day! For 64% of Americans, they can’t wake up without that invigorating boost ofcaffeine (for the other 36% it tastes like dirt). From the United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization, “Coffee is the most widely traded tropical product, with up...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Environment
Right now, Floridians are frantically trying to prepare for Hurricane Ian, and Puerto Rico isdealing with the destruction from Hurricane Fiona. As ocean temperatures increase, so will theseverity of hurricane season. Hurricanes thrive in conditions with warm water and...
by Eleanor Cabell | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Drought
Overdrawn. That was the theme of the Colorado River District annual water seminar last Friday,September 16th. Overdrawn is the perfect theme given the rapidly depleting water resources ofthe Colorado River Basin. According to CPR’s report on the water seminar, the...
