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High But Not Dry
An article in Western Confluence magazine explores the places where flood irrigation might be doing more good than harm. Every spring, Chris Williams looks forward to seeing the terns alight on the meadows of the southern Wyoming ranch that he manages. It’s a fleeting sight—the birds are there for one day and then they’re gone, off…
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IWJV Featured in “On the Ground” Podcast
The IWJV’s Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands is featured in a new episode of the Bureau of Bureau of Land Management’s podcast, On the Ground. Listen here!: The episode interviews Grace Hershberg and Ethan Kalinowski. These two members of the IWJV’s Sage Capacity Team are stationed in different corners of Montana to facilitate ecological restoration…
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Hope & Desert Springs on the Summit Lake Paiute Reservation
Strengthening relationships synergizes conservation results and hope across fencelines, landownerships, and communities. Upon cresting the south ridge of the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe’s land, the entirety of their 14,000-acre reservation is revealed with a shimmering lake at its heart. Green ribbons of riparian-lush creeks thread down sagebrush slopes to feed the lake, which supports a…
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Science Q&A: Flood Irrigation and Groundwater Recharge
Water is the West’s most precious resource, and yet there is so much we don’t know about it. How are groundwater supplies and aquifers—as well as rivers and streams—affected by return flows from surrounding wetlands and agricultural fields? What happens to irrigation water after it helps grow crops and forage for livestock? Moreover, how do…
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Learning more about how irrigation intensification impacts sustainability of streamflow in the Western United States
A Q&A with David Ketchum, USGS remote sensing and geospatial information specialist David Ketchum’s research with the University of Montana, Irrigation intensification impacts sustainability of streamflow in the Western United States, looks into the relationship between irrigation intensification and in-stream flows in watersheds across the western United States. As climate-change-induced drought impacts water availability for…
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Wetland Benefits of Flood-Irrigated Grass Hay
SUPPORTING SCIENCE & RESOURCES Wetland Evaluation Tool This spatial wetland analysis product enables users to track changes in surface water over space and time. Download the Data Access the data behind the Working Wetlands Explorer. Contact Teagan Hayes for more information. Read the Insights The Intermountain Insights provides an overview of the science and its…
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Habitats Helped in MT, ID, and AZ: Updates from the Sage Capacity Team
Members of the IWJV/Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands Sage Capacity Team have been hard at work across the Intermountain West, making progress on habitat improvement projects within their local communities. Check out all these latest updates, including success in wet meadow restoration projects, ambitious conifer removal work, and an introduction to new faces on our…
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Four Awardees Recognized at Spring 2024 IWJV Board Meeting
At the spring 2024 meeting, IWJV board members and staff presented the following individuals, or individuals representing larger groups, with four of our in-house awards. Conservation Partner Award, Kyle Tackett “Call Kyle” is often the first answer Tom Watson tells others when asked what to do when novel conservation possibilities emerge and action is needed.…
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Meet the Newest Faces of Water 4
Meet the new people working to apply the Water 4 Toolbox in key locations around the Intermountain West. Water 4 uses science, communications, and capacity to support the modernization of flood irrigation infrastructure, management of wetlands, conservation easements, and restoring and sustaining hydrological function. Our unique model of applying capacity to these conservation demands allows…
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Sagebrush Rangelands Have Thirteen New Champions
In May, new members of Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands’ Sage Capacity Team met in Salt Lake City for orientation. New members of the Sage Capacity Team, pictured above: In the West, rangelands and rural communities are an essential part of our landscapes, and federal funding packages seek to acknowledge this with millions of dollars…
