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Boise, Idaho — Governor Brad Little commented today on the progress of negotiations to avoid a water curtailment order that could impact hundreds of eastern Idaho farmers.
The order would affect groundwater users that the Idaho Department of Water Resources said are not in compliance with state mitigation plans.
In Teton Valley, Idaho, where water is as precious as its native trout, irrigators and environmental groups have teamed up to recharge the area’s diminishing aquifer. In the process, they want to do something novel: find someone to pay farmers for the effort.
Originally published May 30 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order Thursday afternoon that requires 6,400 junior groundwater rights holders who pump off the
As of Sept. 1, Mat Weaver is the new director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources.