Agreement Number
NR22-13G003
Awardee Name
Trout Unlimited
Grant Type
On-Farm Trials
Awardee State/Territory
Colorado
Involved States/territories
Colorado
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$350,640.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Water Quantity
Conservation Practice(s)
Irrigation Water Management
Project Background
Within the Colorado's Gunnison River and Rio Grande basins, Trout Unlimited will work with eight producers to deploy the use of Long-Range Low Power Area Networks (LoRa) to improve wild flood and furrow irrigation water management on irrigated mountain valleys above 5,500 feet elevation. The producers adopting this technology will maintain the benefits provided by flood irrigation practices while improving efficiency in landscapes were more common systems upgrades like sprinklers are not practical.
Project Scale
Field-level
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Jesse Kruthaupt