In February 2024 CCNRD started a pilot project to measure water savings from installing shadeballs in stock tanks. Shadeballs have been used by producers in the southwest and parts of Wyoming to reduce evaporative losses, reduce algal growth and clogging, and to moderate water temperatures in summer and…

The CCNRD’s Forest Health Improvement Program includes non-commercial thinning projects to increase forest viability and sustainability, to deter disease and infestation, to enhance wildlife habitats by addressing conifer encroachment and selectively thinning woodland areas to reduce raptor predation in core…