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Salazar tries to help farmers with South Platte wells in the new Farm Bill.
Byline: Bill Jackson
Nov. 1--U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said Wednesday that he has added language in the new Farm Bill that would help farmers who have had irrigation wells shut down along the South Platte River.
Salazar, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in a telephone conference call that he has added two measures to the Farm Bill that addresses those farmers who saw more than 400 irrigation wells shut down by the state in 2006 along the South Platte. A Greeley water court decision passed down earlier this month may allow some of those wells to continue to operate, but the outcome of that won't be known until next spring at the earliest. Those wells irrigate about 30,000 acres of cropland.
Salazar said the measures he introduced would allow farmers to take advantage of two U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs -- the Conservation Reserve Program and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The CRP pays farmers who take land out of production, or in this case, "were forced to take land out of production by the state," Salazar said.
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill to provide a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promotes agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist ...
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- THE SOUTH PLATTE IS ON THE RISE AGAIN.(Editorial)
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...the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River on Aug. 22-23. The Platte...compiled the first official report on the South Platte, insulted the river by mapping its...at ``the shallow, yellow, muddy South Platte, with its low banks and its scattering...
- Governor candidate demands audit of South Platte river.
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...Thursday and demanded an audit of the South Platte River. Surrounded by a handful of farmers...weeks ago requesting an audit of the South Platte, but he has not received a response...down 440 irrigation wells along the South Platte stating pumping those wells was reducing...
- Overflowing South Platte worries some, helps others.
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...cellar six feet deep in runoff from the South Platte River. Not Marilyn Hilver. She sat...much as they could. The rise in the South Platte was caused by heavy snow and rains in...Denver, where the headwaters of the South Platte are located. A sudden surge of water...
- COLORADO TRAIL BRIDGE REBUILT SPAN ALLOWS HIKERS, RIDERS TO CROSS SOUTH PLATTE...
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- Forum to examine South Platte issues and history.
- Newspaper article from: Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO) September 28, 2006 700+ words
...FORT COLLINS -- The 17th annual South Platte Forum will examine key issues...history and future of Colorado's South Platte River basin. The forum, "From...Past, Present and Future of the South Platte River Basin," will be Oct...
- CITIES MAY GET LESS WATER OLDER CLAIM HOLDERS ON SOUTH PLATTE MAY EXERT 'CALL'...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Smith^, Jerd August 13, 2002 700+ words
...users plan to stake a water claim on the South Platte River on Nov. 1 that could reduce drinking...division engineer who supervises the South Platte, said they are studying ways to help...river. Tensions on the banks of the South Platte have been rising all summer. Another...
- Now's a good time to see the Two Forks country. (South Platte River)
- Magazine article from: Sunset June 1, 1990 700+ words
...history involves a Y shaped section of the South Platte River where the north and south forks...American Rivers group has declared the South Platte one of the nation's 10 most endangered...National Forest, this strip of the South Platte is very popular and accessible (you...
