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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B ACKNOWLEDGMENTS." National Research Council. 1996. A New Era for Irrigation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5145.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B ACKNOWLEDGMENTS." National Research Council. 1996. A New Era for Irrigation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5145.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B ACKNOWLEDGMENTS." National Research Council. 1996. A New Era for Irrigation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5145.
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Appendix B Acknowledgments The preparation of a report such as this one takes input from many people. The committee wishes to extend its sincere appreciation to all the people who shared their time and expertise with us during the study process. This includes the many people who participated in our information-gathering workshop, joined us at meetings in different regions, led us on field trips, helped with our research, and contributed to our study in other ways. In particular, we would like to thank the following people for their contributions: Gail Achterman, Stool, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, Oregon Gene Andreuccetti, Soil Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. Michael Armstrong, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas Mark Bennett, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas Reed Benson, Oregon Water Watch, Portland, Oregon Bob Bevis, farmer, Scott, Arizona Jan Boettcher, Oregon Water Resources Congress, Salem, Oregon Jerry Butchert, Westlands Water District, Fresno, California Joe Carmack, Soil Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. Ken Carver, High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, Lubbock, Texas Manzoor E. Chowdhury, Texas A&M University, College Station Job Cofer, Taylor Fulton, Inc., Palmetto, Florida Dan Daley, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon 187

188 APPENDIX B Al Dedrick, U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona Thomas Donnelly, National Water Resources Association, Arlington, Virginia Cindy Dyballa, U.S. Department of Environmental Protection, Washington, D.C. Keith Eggleston, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado Tom Former, Soil Conservation Service, Lonoke, Arkansas Nicky Hargrove, farmer, Stuttgart, Arkansas Becky Hiers, Umatilla Tribes, Pendleton, Oregon Peter G. Hubbell, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Florida Michael Jackson, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. Marvin Jensen, consultant, Ft. Collins, Colorado Stan Jensen, Pioneer Hibred International, Inc., York, Nebraska Thomas H. Kimmell, The Irrigation Association, Fairfax, Virginia Frances Korten, The Ford Foundation, New York, New York Steve Kresovich, USDA Research Leader for Genetic Resources, Griffin, Georgia Susanne Leckbank, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona Steve Light, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, Minnesota Ronald B. Linsky, National Water Research Institute Jacke Looney, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Curtis Lynn, consultant, Visalia, California Derrel Martin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln J. William McDonald, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado Lauren McDonald, White River Valley Association, Newport, Arkansas Clifton Meador, Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Little Rock, Arkansas Furman Peebles, Pine City Farms, Rochelle, Georgia Dean Pennington, Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District, Cleveland, Mississippi Richard Pinkham, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colorado Charlie Pintler, farmer, Nampa, Idaho Pepper Putman, The Irrigation Association, Fairfax, Virginia Bob Reuter, Westlands Irrigation District, Hermiston, Oregon Ardell Ruiz, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Sacaton, Arizona Anil Rupasinghe, Texas A&M University, College Station Eduardo Segarra, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Bill Shepard, rancher, Fallon, Nevada Earl Smith, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas G. Stephen Smith, Sullivan & Associates, Lonoke, Arkansas Randall Stocker, Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial, California Gene Sullivan, Sullivan & Associates, Lonoke, Arkansas Raymond Supalla, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

APPENDIX B 189 A. Dan Tarlock, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago Jan van Schilfgaarde, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland E.D. "Sonny" Vergara, Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, Bradenton, Florida John Volkman, Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, Oregon Lori H. Walton, White River Regional Irrigation District, Stuttgart, Arkansas Darrell Watts, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Paul Westerfield, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, Arkansas Eric Wilkinson, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Loveland, Colorado Stuart Woolf, Woolf Enterprises, Huron, California Randy Young, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley

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Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United States—but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the transition into an era of increasing water scarcity? In A New Era for Irrigation, experts draw important conclusions about whether irrigation can continue to be the nation's most significant water user, what role the federal government should play, and what the irrigation industry must do to adapt to the conditions of the future. A New Era for Irrigation provides data, examples, and insightful commentary on issues such as:

  • Growing competition for water resources.
  • Developments in technology and science.
  • The role of federal subsidies for crops and water.
  • Uncertainties related to American Indian water rights issues.
  • Concern about environmental problems.
  • And more.

The committee identifies broad forces of change and reports on how public and private institutions, scientists and technology experts, and individual irrigators have responded. The report includes detailed case studies from the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Florida, in both the agricultural and turfgrass sectors. The cultural transformation brought about by irrigation may be as profound as the transformation of the landscape. The committee examines major facets of this cultural perspective and explores its place in the future. A New Era for Irrigation explains how irrigation emerged in the nineteenth century, how it met the nation's goals in the twentieth century, and what role it might play in the twenty-first century. It will be important to growers, policymakers, regulators, environmentalists, water and soil scientists, water rights claimants, and interested individuals.

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