Experts stress importance of farmers in water conservation efforts

Modernizing a crumbling 19th-century irrigation system in Colorado and building spawning habitat for salmon downstream from thirsty California farms are among the nature-based projects in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill designed to help western states cope with drought. Tanya Trujillo, assistant secretary for water and science at the U.S. Department of the Interior, highlighted these… » Read More

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