Winter 2012: Take the Plunge
How Precious is Our Water?
January 1, 2012 by Josh McDaniel
The network of irrigation canals that fan out from these rivers, distributing water to the valley’s farms and ranches, are what makes these fields unnaturally, welcomingly green, but the Grand Valley is not alone in its reliance on irrigation to make agriculture successful. In fact, the need for irrigation is one of the fundamental characteristics of life in the West.
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