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Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy reports expanded groundwater‑banking area, easements and funding
Summary
Dr. LaDonna Clayton told the Water Policy Advisory Committee the conservancy has banked 26,351 acres northwest of Cannon Air Force Base, retired 56 irrigation wells, and gathered roughly $22 million in funding to date, with federal REPI and foundation grants supporting conservation easements and short‑term water‑right leases.
Dr. LaDonna Clayton, executive director of the Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy, told the Water Policy Advisory Committee that the conservancy has expanded its groundwater‑banking footprint to 26,351 acres northwest of Cannon Air Force Base and is pursuing both short‑term water‑right leases and perpetual conservation easements to remove irrigation pumping from the Ogallala Aquifer.
The update said the project now includes 26 voluntary landowners, nine active three‑year water‑right lease agreements and three conservation easements in process. Clayton said the effort has retired 56 irrigation wells and that those retirements ‘‘saved almost 12,000,000,000 gallons of water.’’ She also described total current project funding as about $22 million and said REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration) funding awarded…
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