March did not provide the snow or rain we could use on our
fields. AG Met sensor only reported .24 in of moisture for the month. Hopefully
“ April showers” will assist with the much needed moisture.
Great News! Beaver Park Water was approved for a Grant to
provide money for a remote gate on the diversion. This will eliminate the need
to drive up to the diversion to make the needed adjustments when the creek
water either increases or decreases significantly. This also will be a safety
measure as the road when wet or snow packed can be treacherous. We can thank
our Water Engineer, Steve Kastner for writing the grant proposal and presenting
our request on our behalf.
It's that time of year to prepare your fields for
irrigation. Make sure you have made all the preparations for receiving water.
The ditch riders will begin irrigations where they left off last year. The
start date has not been determined yet; However it should be around the middle
of April. A notification will be posted on our Blogspot as well as our face
book page when a date has been selected.
Please make sure that you have your contact numbers updated
in the office as these are the numbers the ditch riders use to schedule your
water. Also, if someone else is actually going to irrigate for you, please
provide us their name and number.
It is very important
that you keep in touch with your ditch rider if you are planting a new field or
planting a crop that must be planted in May (when the soil is warmer and no
chance of frost). This will allow them to arrange the schedule around your
situation.
Please remember, there are 540 shareholders with 3529 shares
to be distributed. This takes time and a significant amount of coordination of
scheduling to make it all work. It becomes more difficult when the creek is low
and distribution of water is slower and suddenly the creek increases and
re-scheduling occurs. Please plan to be patient.
Pray for rain or late spring time snow!
