Bringing Sustainability to the Ground Level

Index

Agricultural activities

chemicals and pollution, 25

dryland ranching, 23

farm earnings, 21

fertilizers and pesticides, 24

flood irrigation, 23

governmental and mining activities, 20

irrigated farmland, 25

irrigation infrastructure, 22

Lower Yellowstone Project, 20–21

pivot systems, 22

productivity, 20

water quality, 25–26

Agricultural industries, 18

Agriculture, 2, 11, 20, 21, 33, 34, 90, 113

American Indian Water rights, 85–92

Bakken field, xiv, 89, 90

disposal depot, 37

drilling process, 35

fracturing process, 36–37

location, 33

oil and gas development booms, 34–35

oil and gas producer, 33–34

Channel migration, 12, 56, 82, 102

channel geometry changes, 93

ecosystem services, 95

erosion, 98–99

historical maps, 93

landowners and property ...