By Edited by Betsy H. Newman | May 13, 2010

Rural Connections May 2010

Rural Connections, the magazine of the Western Rural Development Center, is published to provide research-informed inspiration on timely research and activities by the West’s land-grant institutions and regional/national agencies as it relates to rural development issues in the region. Contributors include researchers, faculty, Extension researchers, specialists and agents, practitioners, and professionals from throughout the West with occasional contributions from outside the region.
 
IN THIS ISSUE: The Future of Western Water Law; Is the Failure to Acknowledge Tribal Interests Fueling the Water Crises?; Time and Nature; Western Households' Water Values; Hydrological Impacts of Traditional Irrigation Systems in New Mexico; Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment; Narrow Regulatory Focus Dries up Western Rural Communities; Farmer Participation in Temporary Irrigation Forebearance; Water Policy Innovations in Arizona; Thinking as a Watershed; and Agricultural Conservation Clearinghouse.

Read Rural Connections May 2010.