Recording available for “Irrigation Modernization in Hood River and Beyond”
Margi Hoffman, Director of Strategic Operations, and Raija Bushnell, Program Specialist with Farmer’s Conservation Alliance 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 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.
Date recorded – 1-23-21