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NIFA Impacts: Saving the Ogallala Aquifer, Supporting Farmers

May 01, 2020 James P. Dobrowolski, PhD, National Program Leader, Division of Environmental Systems, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the world’s largest fresh groundwater resources. It underlies 175,000 square miles in eight states. Starting as hundreds of feet of silt, clay, and gravel eroded from the Rocky Mountains and laid down by streams millions of years ago, rainfall during this time produced...

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