Margi Hoffman, Director of Strategic Operations, and Raija Bushnell, Program Specialist with Farmer’s Conservation Alliance, will present on:

Irrigation Modernization in Hood River and Beyond

Aging agricultural infrastructure, an expanding population, persistent droughts, and declining fish populations are stressing scarce water resources. Farmers in the western United States rely on irrigation to grow food, but many of the diversions and canals that capture and convey this water from rivers to farms are inefficient. Farmers Conservation Alliance (FCA), a local non-profit based in Hood River, is working with irrigation districts locally and throughout the West to enable and accelerate the modernization of irrigation infrastructure in order to benefit fish, farms, and rural communities. Raija and Margi will present on the history of FCA and recent program successes, and delve deeper into several local projects including the East Fork Irrigation District Irrigation Modernization Project.

A business meeting will follow the presentation. The meeting agenda and minutes from our last meeting in November can be found below.

January 2021 Agenda
November 2020 Minutes

The meeting will be held through the Zoom online meeting platform. Please register for the meeting at this link. If you have trouble with registration, email  cindy@hoodriverwatershed.org or call (541) 386-6063.