Farmers Conservation Alliance

09/16/2024

We had a wonderful day with some great partners last week here in the Hood River valley.

02/05/2024

Check out this great job: Natural Resource Specialist

Featured job from: Farmers Conservation Alliance

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02/05/2024

Rancher and former Cattleman Curtis Martin has always been known as a tough defender of water rights for ranchers and landowners.

01/25/2024

FCA is hiring for a Finance & Administrative specialist !

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01/25/2023

10/05/2022

We have some great working partners in Montana and none better than the folks at Trout Unlimited. We are working hard with TU, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Clark Fork Coalition and others to protect more fish.

In Washington, Oregon and Idaho, where people are trying to save Pacific salmon runs, ditches have to have screens. So those states have programs, money and staff to install and maintain fish screens. But salmon runs don’t reach into Montana.

01/25/2022

It's exciting to see FCA and Energy Trust's work featured in Oregon Business Magazine! Our work together modernizing irrigation systems in Oregon and across the West has the capacity to support agriculture, local communities, our shared environment and to produce new renewable energy projects.

Irrigation districts in Oregon are racing to bring infrastructure up to date to prevent water loss as the state faces a historic drought.

12/01/2021

Call for volunteers in Montana. Pass the word on!

A dramatic plunge in the upper Madison River due to a problem at the Hebgen Lake Dam has stranded some fish and bodes ill for brown trout eggs resting in

06/07/2021

02/25/2021

A critical benefit that irrigation modernization creates for rural communities is pressurized water to aid in fire suppression. The tragic fire last summer in Talent and Medford, OR destroyed over 2,700 buildings and displaced more than 3,000 people, further emphasizing the need to develop every possible fire-fighting tool. Irrigation districts in the Rogue River Valley are developing modernization plans that could provide vital, rapid access to pressurized water in remote rural settings.

01/27/2021

Second-generation farmer Kevin Richards discusses the challenges of substandard rural internet on his Fox Hollow Ranch in Madras, OR. Modern technology allows for vast improvements in water-use efficiency, but the new tools often rely on solid broadband. In addition, the Richards' kids are currently schooling from home due to Covid restrictions, so internet connection is even more vital.

FCA is exploring ways to co-locate fiber optic with irrigation piping to dramatically improve rural broadband throughout Oregon and the West.

01/23/2021

Energy Trust of Oregon has supported FCA's Irrigation Modernization Program since 2015, leveraging over $150 million in state and federal investment to support modernization projects across 14 Oregon counties. Modernizing irrigation districts through piping and in-conduit hydropower conserves water for fish and agriculture and generates money for farmers and irrigation districts to spend in their local economies. See how the impact of those early investments continues to be the catalyst for turning visions into reality.