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Oregon’s First Floating Solar Array
The Medford Irrigation District floating solar project demonstrates how innovative partnerships can deliver multiple benefits for irrigation districts, local communities, and the environment.
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Collbran Conservancy District
A century-old irrigation system in western Colorado sustains farms, communities, and economies, but aging infrastructure mounting geological threats put its future—and the livelihoods it supports—at serious risk. This is the story of how Collbran Conservancy District is working to curb future losses by modernizing the system.
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Rural Roots: Rainshadow Organics
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Rural Roots: Casad Family Farm
The Casad Family’s experience during a severe drought highlighted the need for a more efficient water delivery system, driving efforts to reduce water loss and improve drought resilience by making limited water supplies last longer throughout the season.
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Modernization in Three Sisters: Then & Now
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The Return of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
The Lahontan cutthroat trout is the largest inland trout species in the world and a deeply important fish for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe.
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The Difference Modernization Makes
In 2021, at the base of the Three Sisters mountains, the people of Deschutes County began to see drought conditions reminiscent of the region's worst drought year ever in 1977.
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Fishing Matters with Autumn Harry
Autumn Harry has been fishing since she was a child, just her ancestors and members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe have done for centuries.
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Production and Conservation at Ladder Ranch
For over 130 years, the land at Ladder Ranch has been nurtured and cared for by four generations of the O'Toole family to sustain multi-species grazers and their stewards.
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The Impending Threat of the A Canal
One hundred years after it was built, the Klamath Irrigation District's A Canal now poses great risks to the homes and people of Klamath Falls.
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Keeping Fields Fertile in Westland Ordnance
Westland Irrigation District serves nearly 15,000 acres of farmland and 266 patrons on soil that can grow almost anything - if there is enough water.
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The Fruits of Their Labor: Farming in Tualatin Valley
The variety and quantity of food crops grown in Oregon's Tualatin Valley is impressive, and it needs a lot of water to thrive.
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