Articles related to "Ogallala Aquifer"

The Ogallala Aquifer irrigates most of the high plains of America. Intensive farming is depleting this finite environmental asset quicker than nature can replenish it.

The American billionaire says his land buying days are most over and also denies some of the rumors and conspiracy theories that have evolved about his true intents.

The "Mouth of the South" has made large purchases of Western ranchland and critics are wondering what he has in mind: saving the environment or a greedy land grab?