Diving into water restoration? What it takes to prime a project

Mar 31, 2023

The processes for finding water restoration projects and accounting for them against water stewardship goals are still being defined and refined. Image: Unsplash/James Park

Heather Clancy

Editorial Director, GreenBiz

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An integrated series of water restoration projects includes automating headgates and modernizing a series of ditches on West Clear Creek, including Wingfield #1, which has diverted water for downstream farms for 100 years. Image: Greenbiz/Heather Clancy

water restoration. Kim Schonek, Verde River project manager for The Nature Conservancy, with the owner of Verde Valley's largest working farm, Zach Hauser.

Kim Schonek, Verde River project manager for The Nature Conservancy, with the owner of Verde Valley's largest working farm, Zach Hauser. Image: Greenbiz/Heather Clancy

water restoration. Another portion of the Wingfield #1 irrigation ditch on West Clear Creek near Camp Verde, Arizona

Another portion of the Wingfield #1 irrigation ditch on West Clear Creek near Camp Verde, Arizona. Image: Greenbiz/Heather Clancy

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