Reports on the aquifer as a diminishing resource date back to the 1930s, when President Franklin Roosevelt appointed a Great Plains committee to examine the cause of the Dust Bowl. Even then ...

The lengthy residence times observed in the Nubian and High Plains aquifers are not unique ... long-term management strategies are to succeed. Aquifer- or watershed-based communities should ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Agriculture is receiving $25 million to support the High Plains Aquifer. Governor Laura Kelly announced that the KDA is receiving funds from the U.S ...

Colorado State University research scientists and Great Plains agricultural producers are working together to innovate more efficient methods of using water to grow crops. Historic flooding on the ...

But on this side of the Rockies, there has also been some talk for a while about the communities around the Ogallala Aquifer. Beneath the Great Plains and stretched from the southern end of South ...

Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...

The Great Plains are the grasslands of the North American continent, and lie between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Early European explorers found the Plains a very hostile ...

Significant portions of the Ogalalla Aquifer, one of the largest bodies of water in the United States, are at risk of drying up if it continues to be drained at its current rate.

On Thursday, at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Great Plains introduced the VT1100 Turbo-Max, announced an expanded lineup for its Terra-Max variable-intensity tool and enhanced ...

Several south-central Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate ...

A look inside Running Out On the high plains of western Kansas, there is no clear line between water and second chances. Although I didn’t know it at the time, I was in search of both when I turned my ...

Seeking collaboration on solutions to conserve and extend the lifespan of vital water resources in the High Plains, the third Ogallala Aquifer Summit brought politicians and stakeholders from ...