You've heard of the farm hand and the ranch hand. Now Oregon landowners find themselves with a helping hand in the form of 37 new watershed technical specialists based at local Soil and Water Conservation District Offices throughout the state. Adam Haarberg has been on the job for five months. His task is challenging, but he is already seeing some rewards.
Federal money is available to pay for projects.
Now there is an additional person in each district of the state to help figure out what works best. The ranchers are actually happy that someone from the government is on their property. They want to get the water. Perforated pipe buried below the creek carries water away from the stream bank into a 36 inch vertical culvert, or sump. From there, the water can be easily accessed and used by agriculture some 30 feet from the stream bank.