Kansas Water District Votes on Ogallala Conservation Plan
Using less water for agriculture is an idea spreading across the Great Plains. Photo © Brian Lehmann / Circle of Blue Farmers in the Great Plains produce some of the world’s highest corn yields thanks to water pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest underground source of freshwater in the United States. Click image to […]
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton