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" Having a four-year block of water allows for
management decisions at the farm level and not
by the state or water district. "
- Scott Bedke, Idaho lieutenant governor and farmer
system in which if you do yours, then
you enjoy safe harbor and if I don't do
mine, I get all the consequences of not
following the agreement.
" When you have done your
responsibility, you acquire your
prorated share. "
RECHARGE
Recharge occurs when water
seeps into the ground to replenish
underground aquifers. Although
some recharge happens incidentally,
intentional recharge can restore
groundwater levels and store water
for later use.
" The 205,000 acre-feet of pumping
reduction leaves me with a certain
amount that I can pump, " Bedke said.
" I want to be able, through my own
devices, to improve my allocation.
Enter private recharge. All recharge is
not created equal, however. "
Senior rights holders experience
a leach gain between Blackfoot and
Minidoka, with Twin Falls Canal Co.'s
water entering the river between those
two areas, he said.
" In order to get credit and increase
their allocation, they need to recharge
in an area where the water will go
into the river and is connected and
hydrologically significant to that leach
gain, " Bedke said. " If they can do this,
they get credit for private recharge,
which can increase their allocation. "
Water use in Idaho is governed by the prior
appropriation doctrine. The doctrine gives
senior water rights holders (the earliest
users of the water) priority over junior rights
holders. Photo by Rick Miller.
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January 2025

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of January 2025

Editor's Letter
Frying up possibilities
Resource rift
Adventures in variety selection
Potato priorities for 2025
Deep-rooted growth
Maintaining control
Sensory help
Billion-dollar boost
Potato Association of America
National Potato Council
Potatoes USA
Calendar/Advertiser Index
January 2025 - 1
January 2025 - 2
January 2025 - 3
January 2025 - Editor's Letter
January 2025 - 5
January 2025 - 6
January 2025 - 7
January 2025 - Frying up possibilities
January 2025 - 9
January 2025 - 10
January 2025 - 11
January 2025 - 12
January 2025 - 13
January 2025 - Resource rift
January 2025 - 15
January 2025 - 16
January 2025 - 17
January 2025 - 18
January 2025 - 19
January 2025 - 20
January 2025 - 21
January 2025 - 22
January 2025 - 23
January 2025 - Adventures in variety selection
January 2025 - 25
January 2025 - 26
January 2025 - 27
January 2025 - Potato priorities for 2025
January 2025 - 29
January 2025 - 30
January 2025 - 31
January 2025 - 32
January 2025 - 33
January 2025 - 34
January 2025 - 35
January 2025 - 36
January 2025 - 37
January 2025 - Deep-rooted growth
January 2025 - 39
January 2025 - 40
January 2025 - 41
January 2025 - Maintaining control
January 2025 - 43
January 2025 - 44
January 2025 - 45
January 2025 - 46
January 2025 - 47
January 2025 - Sensory help
January 2025 - 49
January 2025 - 50
January 2025 - 51
January 2025 - 52
January 2025 - 53
January 2025 - Billion-dollar boost
January 2025 - 55
January 2025 - 56
January 2025 - 57
January 2025 - Potato Association of America
January 2025 - 59
January 2025 - 60
January 2025 - 61
January 2025 - National Potato Council
January 2025 - 63
January 2025 - Potatoes USA
January 2025 - 65
January 2025 - 66
January 2025 - Calendar/Advertiser Index
January 2025 - 68
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