Pathways to sustaining agriculture and communities in the Ogallala region

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• Journal Title:
  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
• Personal Author:
  Steiner, Jean L. ; Lisonbee, Joel ; Kremen, Amy ; Cibils, Andrés F.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
• Description:
  Ogallala aquifer depletion has local to global ramifications. What “can be done” to address depletion is similarly of global significance. A longstanding mindset of inevitability of 7 groundwater depletion in the region is shifting thanks to the existence of increasingly feasible pathways for a wide range of actors to support productive shifts in conservation-oriented agricultural management at multiple scales, and efforts to boost within and cross-state awareness of and engagement in these pathways. The Ogallala Aquifer Summits have been key in coalescing thinking and action around a new vision for the future of the region through iterative and interactive, facilitated discussions that help identify the factors, programs, investment, and knowledge required to scale land use and water management shifts to sustain the region’s communities and agriculture.
• Keywords:
  Agriculture Communities Irrigation Ogallala Aquifer Sustainability
• Source:
  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 79(6), 99A-105A
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.1001A
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Great Plains
• Rights Information:
  Accepted Manuscript
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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