Horsefly Irrigation District Manager Justin Eary and his small staff are taking a hands-on approach to modernizing their district.

Leading Hermiston Irrigation District through their next round of modernization projects was a challenge tailor-made for retired district manager Annette Kirkpatrick’s problem solving and collaborative approach.

Practically predestined for a life on the land, seventh-generation cattleman Curtis Martin has always been known as a tough defender of water rights for ranchers and landowners.

In arid southwest Colorado on Ute Mountain Ute Land, a landscape of high desert plains, buttes, and rugged canyons leading to 14,000-foot peaks, water is sacred.