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Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

Gabriel Pietrorazio

October 10, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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Great Salt Lake managers raise causeway berm in effort to stave off rising salinity

Leia Larson

September 23, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Engineers with the Division of Water Resources created a new berm in the Great Salt Lake to help protect the lake’s ecosystem and slow the water exchange and reduce rising salinity between the north and south arms of the lake. Initial findings after the berm’s construction have shown a significant decrease in high-salinity waters, as well as improvements in the lake’s brine shrimp population.

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Great Salt Lake a sovereign entity 'worthy of legal rights,' group says

Ben Winslow

September 12, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Save Our Great Salt Lake is a group rallying local environmental activists to push legislators to care for the Great Salt Lake and take legislative action before the ecosystem collapses. Though it will be a long, uphill battle the group’s efforts have already led to some progress from local government, such as the newly built wastewater treatment plant that aims to get more water to the Great Salt Lake.

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Is the agriculture industry doing enough to conserve water during Utah's drought?

Carter Williams

July 27, 2022 |

KSL-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

A combination of drought and financial incentives is encouraging farmers in Utah to adopt practices that consume less water like drip irrigation and even switching the crops they grow.

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Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry's Climate Solution

Grace van Deelen

July 15, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

The Royal Diary farm in Washington uses a vermifiltration system to filter wastewater to cut down on nitrate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The system runs the water through a bed of earthworms that feast on the waste removing the harmful chemicals and nutrients.

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Farmers are trying new water-saving tech in Utah's drought

Ben Winslow

July 07, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

Farmers are upgrading to automated irrigation systems with 50-50 matching grants from the Utah Department of Agriculture. The systems save farmers’ time and water.

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Soilless Farming to the Rescue. How to Boost Agriculture Without Hurting Forests

Abdullah Tijani

June 30, 2022 |

Foundation for Investigative Journalism |

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Response Location: Nigeria

A Nigerian agricultural entrepreneur is embracing hydroponics — a method that grows crops with water and no soil — as an alternative to farming methods that have led to land degradation. Because of Adebowale Onafowora’s knowledge, he has trained more than 20,000 people; and helped set up over 200 hydroponic centers. His inspiration led to the establishment of the Landmark University Greenhouse and Hydroponic Technology Centre, a place for research and training in the technique.

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Are you watering your lawn wrong? USU's Water Checkers will help you figure it out

Nadia Pflaum

June 30, 2022 |

KUER Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Water Checkers visit homeowners in Salt Late City for free to help asses soil quality and determine if their sprinkler systems’ water distribution is working and efficient. By participating in this program, residents have reduced their irrigation by 7,900 gallons per month, which helps keep waters in tributaries of the Great Salt Lake.

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Drought and inflation have come for farmers and ranchers. Does this Utahn have the solution?

Amy Joi O'Donoghue

June 06, 2022 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, Castle Dale, Utah

A new Hydrogen nutrition technology allows a rancher in Utah to turn alfalfa seed into cattle feed within a few days with less than one-tenth of the water used in traditional hay fields. By using this technology, he’s been able to manage the drought in the region and preserve his farmland. While many could be skeptical of the system, the Legislature is planning to study how effective it could be for others in the state.

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Reinvent Utah farms to save our soil and Great Salt Lake?

Luke Peterson

February 25, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Utah

Farmers in Utah practice no-till farming to improve soil health and water retention amid an ongoing drought.

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