Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Here, those resources are managed through a prioritization of water rights, where the oldest claims are first in line to receive an allocation of the water that flows through the basin. The priority system has helped us manage a limited water resource in the West for over a century,” Ferry said.

Water Rights 141

Water Rights Farming Farming Agriculture 141

Food Tank

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Our conversations with amazing speakers will cover topics including strengthening water management for food systems, building environmental resilience into business, the private sector’s role in transforming water use, steps policymakers are taking to improve water conservation, and more.

Food 120

Food Water Rights Crop Agriculture 120

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But the valley’s irrigation outlook is dire: Water withdrawn by wells exceeds the amount of snowmelt refilling aquifers, and there are more claims to water rights than there is water in streams. This legal assistance project paired farmers with law students to formalize verbal water-sharing agreements into bylaws.

Water Rights 139

Water Rights Acre Farming Farming 139

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Northern Great Plains chapter notes that current water rights laws in much of the region make adaptation especially difficult. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Many of these activities have long cultural traditions.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Agriculture Livestock Forage 105

Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

On June 15, the State Water Resources Control Board told 4,300 users to stop diverting water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta Watershed (3). If my water is shut off, it’s going to be a hard day. I’m going to fight to save what I can and harvest as much as possible before it all dies.”

Family Farming 52

Family Farming Farming Farming Water Rights 52

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2025

This was the Peoples Ditch, a waterway holding the oldest continuous water right in Colorado. The channel carried water from tributaries of the Rio Grande, high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, down to the fields below. Youth interns from the Move Mountains Project harvesting corn in Colorado’s San Luis Valley.

Ecology 134

Ecology Water Rights Acre Crop 134