Everyone living in Carbondale is familiar with the Town’s extensive, gravity-fed irrigation system, comprising eight miles of ...

WHAT: History program on “Flumes, Ditches & Canals, the Irrigation Story,” silent auction, beverages and desserts. Irrigation projects gave rise to agricultural roots such as Corbin Ditch, Newman Lake ...

In the desert of central Oregon, east of the Cascade mountains, farmers have been working the arid soil for more than a hundred years. They were lured to the area by turn-of-the-century infrastructure ...

High water in the South Platte River means plenty of the stuff available to fill irrigation reservoirs. It also means hidden peril for the structures that divert the water from the river into ...

Inventories of irrigation ditches across the Western Slope have become common in recent years and water managers say they have merit. But there is no requirement that the individual studies — which ...