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Wildfire growth prompts more teamwork as NW activity jumps
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (1246+ words) Published 8:30 am Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Bob Skinner looked toward the Big Grass Fire early Aug. 3. “We’re pulling out with semis to go get some cattle — now,” the Jordan Valley, Ore., rancher said. He and other ranchers prepared to find and retrieve…...
USDA to reopen border to Mexican cattle
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (534+ words) Published 1:20 pm Monday, July 27, 2026 The USDA will reopen one border crossing in Arizona next month to Mexican cattle, saying it’s confident inspections will block livestock infested with New World screwworms. The southern border has been closed to live cattle, horses…...
Oregon expert: Biomass, 'Cheeto dust' are more likely culprits for combine fires
1+ week, 4+ day ago (304+ words) Published 9:00 am Friday, July 24, 2026 Combine fires this year may be due to more biomass from a warmer winter, Oregon State University cereal pathologist Christina Hagerty says. While cautioning farmers about “dangerously combustible” wheat chaff, Franklin County Fire District 1 chief Eric…...
Water owed by Eastern Snake groundwater pumpers increases
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (438+ words) Published 12:30 pm Monday, April 20, 2026 Groundwater pumpers in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer region will owe about twice as much water to a coalition of senior right holders this year compared to 2025 largely due to lower projected streamflow, Idaho Department of…...
New Harney basin guidelines incorporate key irrigator goals
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (719+ words) Published 1:04 pm Monday, April 20, 2026 New negotiated guidelines for voluntarily curtailing groundwater pumping in Oregon’s Harney basin are expected to achieve some of the key objectives sought by irrigators in the region. Declining aquifer levels have prompted the Oregon Water Resources…...
Seven landowner groups sign MOUs for Odessa groundwater replacement
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) Published 11:20 am Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Seven landowner groups have signed new memorandums of understanding with the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District to build systems replacing groundwater from declining wells with Columbia River surface water in the Odessa Subarea. “This is encompassing…...
Washington rancher King seeks jury trial on Ecology's allegations
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (436+ words) Published 3:08 pm Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Central Washington rancher Wade King has sued the state Department of Ecology, seeking to have a jury decide whether he damaged 23 wetlands in arid Grant and Douglas counties. King’s attorneys filed the lawsuit March 2 in Grant…...
IDWR, farm reach water rights settlement
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (393+ words) Published 11:00 am Friday, September 12, 2025 Idaho District Court Judge Darren Simpson on Sept. 4 accepted a settlement agreement between the state Department of Water Resources and farmers Jerry and Valerie Bingham. The agreement “helps protect the water rights of hundreds of farmers…...
Reclamation to shift water within Boise reservoir system
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (330+ words) Published 7:31 am Saturday, January 17, 2026 Planned early movement of water from one Boise River Basin reservoir to another reflects unusual winter conditions, officials say. Arrowrock is one of three main reservoirs that store Boise River water for irrigation and other uses....
Irrigators seek to simplify Oregon's 'color of water' oversight
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (613+ words) Published 1:56 pm Thursday, January 15, 2026 Oregon irrigators want to lower the bureaucratic hurdles for distributing water from the Columbia River, arguing that increasing regulatory flexibility will boost aquifer recharge efforts. In the upcoming legislative session, irrigation districts within the Mid-Columbia Water…...