By the end of a recent daylong bus tour in the Rainwater Basin, the message emerged loud and clear; little on earth is more important — or more in demand — than water.
The entire tour group listens as Grand Island-area landowners and ag producer brothers Nick (left) and Ryan Happold talk about the benefits of working with Rainwater Basin Joint Venture partners: more birds and animals, plus a healthy return on investment at the bottom line for their operations. The next Happold project is already in the works.
Andy Bishop, coordinator for the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, talks about how private landowner investment in wetland habitat and groundwater recharge are multiplied many times over when local, state and federal agencies pitch in as partners.
Gosper County landowner Janice Gengenbach, an advocate of prescribed burns, stands before canyons free of eastern red cedar to answer questions about prescribed fire on their property.
The entire tour group listens as Grand Island-area landowners and ag producer brothers Nick (left) and Ryan Happold talk about the benefits of working with Rainwater Basin Joint Venture partners: more birds and animals, plus a healthy return on investment at the bottom line for their operations. The next Happold project is already in the works.
Andy Bishop, coordinator for the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, talks about how private landowner investment in wetland habitat and groundwater recharge are multiplied many times over when local, state and federal agencies pitch in as partners.
Gosper County landowner Janice Gengenbach, an advocate of prescribed burns, stands before canyons free of eastern red cedar to answer questions about prescribed fire on their property.
