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, Drought, Irrigation, Uncategorized
Water is life, but how we use it is just as important and getting to it. This is the first of a seriesthat will discuss different irrigation techniques. Up today- flood irrigation. So what is floodirrigation? Flood irrigation is an irrigation system that uses pipes...
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...
by Eleanor Cabell | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Drought, Environment, Irrigation
The water shortage in the Colorado River Basin has effects that span beyond the borders of theUnited States. As the Colorado River Basin loses its water supply at an alarming rats, it impactseveryone from Southwest of United States to Northern Mexico. Why is the water...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Drought, Environment
The Western United States experienced a record setting heat wave through Labor Dayweekend. According to NPR, temperatures in Nevada and Utah skyrocketed over 100 degreesFahrenheit. Meanwhile, the heatwave pushed the power supply throughout the West to itsmaximum as...
