natural resources

Discover how one farm family harnesses geothermal steam to heat tomato greenhouses year-round in Newcastle, Utah.  

The three lower basin states, Arizona, California, and Nevada, were allocated a portion, 7.5 million acre feet a year. California got 4.4 million acre-feet. Arizona got 2.8 million acre-feet. And Nevada got 300,000 acre-feet. It's generally considered that the compact came together after a wet period.

Alfalfa is sold to a dairy, the dairy feeds it to the cows......those cows will produce milk, that milk will be hauled to town and turned into bottled milk, ice cream, cheese, yogurt, butter, all kinds of dairy products that are sold throughout the state. We use a lot of water to grow these crops and so the real consumer of that water is the public, when they buy and consume the food.

Explore Pacific Island watersheds in these videos adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. In the first video, Micronesians explain how important a balanced ecosystem is to their culture and livelihoods. We learn that changes to the Nett watershed on the island of Pohnpei are harming the water supply, coral reefs, and fisheries, and that climate change may further threaten these resources. By working together to manage the watershed and the human activities that affect it, Micronesians can improve both public and environmental health. The animation describes the three zones that make up a high island watershed.