Update on Idaho Water Curtailment - 6/17/24

The curtailment is real. It has a wide impact on the economy. Negotiations are in progress. Now is the time to contact your state legislators and Governor to voice your concerns about water management in Idaho.
Governor's office: 208-334-2100
gov.idaho.gov/contact-us/
Idaho Legislator's offices: legislature.idaho.gov/legisla...
Farming: • Idaho Potato Harvest 2016

[@rockmusician7269]

This is ridiculous. Farmers are the backbone of this country 🇺🇸

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Lol, not conservatives

[@leannebyrd6863]

This is so wrong! Farmers feed us! What idiots to curtail their water! Americans love and support our farmers!

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Ya, you have no idea what is happening

[@philliphutcheson4219]

In a word… Biden. This goes all the way to the top.

[@jamms2966]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei educate us then brainiac

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

@@jamms2966 Not, my problem. You should listen to why they are doing this. You prove why red state will always fail.

[@jamms2966]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Albert Einstein Idaho kicks ass & it's because its a Red state. Leave anytime ya want nobody will miss you 😘

[@ddunning6207]

Time to get rid of the government! This is exactly what our fore fathers warned us about!

[@steven4315]

So you advocate completely unregulated water use? The winners in that case are always large multinational corporations.

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@steven4315 If we had a government beholden to the people there would be no large multinational corporations here. But thats exactly who is running the show. The denisons of this country are viewed as little more than cattle, to be bought sold and traded to those corporations for the profit of the govt and its flunkies.

[@barbaraberrier8840]

So sad what our government is doing to America.

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Red states for ya.

[@_JimmyBeGood]

Well what would you expect when the entire population is filled with big talkers but they are really weak and refuse to rebel against corrupt politicians. Slaves can only willingly be slaves.

[@_JimmyBeGood]

The citizens are weak that’s why it’s happening.

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

@@_JimmyBeGood no, conservatives don’t know what they are saying

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei Because the Blue states are already completely fucked. The red states are the only ones left to destroy. You think California has no wacky water curtailment? lmao. Idiot.

[@deerhunter7482]

All citizens should join a civil suit and also quit paying their property tax and defend themselves

[@bcarroll911]

The shitty thing is that the government is going to let the little guys drowned out. Then let some Chinese company buy the land and drill wells that no one else could afford to and completely displace the community. They have already done it in Arizona!

[@oneatatime8677]

We have reached a 1 year agreement. So know we are asking that everyone call the governors office and let them know we need to see a long-term plan that will manage the water to benefit all of Idaho. 208-334-2100

[@dangeissinger4906]

@@theresa922What?

[@AlleyCat-1]

It's not just China buying the farmland. Bill Gates is buying up our land too.

[@philliphutcheson4219]

@@dangeissinger4906alfalfa is illegal to grow in the Middle East so they outsource it to be grown here.

[@elizabethezell8749]

Who worries me is his Majesty Bill Gates . He bought a lot of farm land for what or whom Why would the government allow foreign people to buy land in America ?????

[@philipmueller8199]

Have they shut down any golf courses yet? They use 830 to 850 million gallons of water a year. I think it more important to eat than play golf. But then half the courses in the country are owned by the Saudy golf assciation! Food for thought.... Not eatable, but food for thought....

[@denisehill1215]

Shut em all down they can use artificial turf Lawns don’t feed us No Farmers No Food. Keep the heat on When does governor Little come up for re-election?

[@michael-theaturner7983]

Boom!!!!!!!!!!

[@ashleywynn4923]

It’s bad for us all. I don’t live there but I know we need farmers and we don’t need government.

[@oneatatime8677]

Yes it is a bad deal. It will affect many people. We are asking everyone concerned to contact the Governor's office to let them know we need a long-term water management plan. 208-334-2100

[@americafirst9144]

That sums it up nicely.

[@jamfork3871]

Its the 30x30 plan. I live in Box Elder SD and the shut off the public water access without notice or recourse that my family has been hauling from for 60+ years. Governor Noem was strong in her first term, failing in her 2nd term but now she's fallen deaf. Unelected officials took our water away so we're taking theirs away. Civil discourse is key when our representative government no longer represents the basic needs of the people, like literally food and water!!!

[@steerdup3842]

Commifornia during the start of the covid singed an executive order for their own 30x30 plan. The environmental which are backing/pushing this want the 30% to come from private land owners which would make the Gov owning or restricted almost 80% of the state since more than 50% is already owned by a gov agency. Idaho needs to get the treasonous bureaucrats that are influenced and pushing the fed gov out. All the red states need to band together and push back the federal 30x30 plan.

[@oneatatime8677]

We just about had that happen to several businesses here. They were not aware of this water curtailment. It is horrible to see that other areas are also having similar issues. I know nothing of your particular details but hope that your neighbors can band together and find a workable solution so everyone can have the water they need.

[@tudwortyjmcguern5689]

in the realm of "water rights" the first to the trough always gets the most water except drinking water is #1. those with the oldest right is #2 and downhill from there. however, no ad ministrative agency has the power to cut off the water, they wait for fools to give authority to a court with no authority by taking take an "ad ministrative decision" to court. remember, the ad ministrative employee actor "judge" is an employee of state and obligated to act in the interests of his/her employer

[@AlleyCat-1]

​@@tudwortyjmcguern5689twin falls canal company has the oldest water right shares in the state. But they are ALWAYS trying to screw over everyone else, including the share holder's that have water rights in their specific area. They claim drought when no other canal company is doing so. They are as corrupt as it get's. Farmer's go through this problem with them constantly.

[@powaqqatsi8]

Unfortunately, both the federal and state governments are corporations that just see us as employees. The best solution is for your community to finance a community well(s) that accesses primary water. Surface water is part of the secondary water system and limited, as seen in dry years. The system likes limitations on our essentials for living and won't invest or enlighten the masses about the endless supply of primary water below the surface. Why? Because they prefer to control than be controlled...it is really that simple. And they won't stop as they want to reduce the population through any means they are capable of making happen.

[@gregdavis9207]

Keep up the fight stand strong against the corrupt government

[@bellofthedesert1595]

We stand with you!

[@markwojciechowski5720]

God bless you all there in Idaho. Power to he farmers.

[@oneatatime8677]

Thank you. It is important we have everyone call the governors office let them know that there needs to be a long-term plan in place to manage the water for everyone's benefit. 208-334-2100

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

@@oneatatime8677 No, there is a reason for this. Bad farming is probably the problem

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei no one on this earth can pass judgement. We all fall short of Yahs glory. And no one is worthy but theSon.

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

@@user-wq3jp3qg1o we pass judgement all day long. Christians are pros at it.

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei this is why no one is worthy

[@mikekosar6135]

I wasn’t aware of this until you and another post… I’m going to be praying on this..

[@daviru02]

I live in central oregon and just found out about this today as well. I saw 1 video where a farmer said the Twin Falls. The company can upgrade their aquifers. And processes for maintaining water and distributing water. But they haven't for a very long time. That farmer said it would help a lot and finding a solution. If that's true, it wouldn't surprise me that the corporations don't want to spend money on upgrading because there's too greedy

[@scuss2]

Thank you! You took the words right out of me as I live in NM. Our water storage Facility in Northern NM called El Vado lake was going to be made larger for more water storage. Work done by The Army Corps of Engineers. So, they decided 2 years ago it would be better with our modern day technologies to just rebuild the Dam and make it to hold more water, now, who scraped those plans indefinitely? I am a Senior Water Right user from the Rio Grande River. A hobby vegetable disabled farmer that only still has to use a shovel. As I have no tractor. Food stamp farmer at that. After processing the food for our own winter needs, I take my excess to a local foodbank and donate it. I don't do Grower's markets. My last irrigation was 06/15/24. The extreme heat has killed the last 3 years. Potted plants and seed are expensive. I grow using Organic methods. The last 3 years our water has been stopped. Last year we got cut off and my last cut of Alfalfa died. I used to get 4 cuts a year, Last year I got 1 and a half. Also donated. The person who cuts, rakes, and bales it, gets to keep it. The Indians always get the water no matter what, Senior users get it 2nd if there is enough. The Water Bank are 3rd users have not had water in 3 years. Ask a child "Where does your food come from"? They reply "Walmart". Really? Wish Moms and dads would go buy some seeds and plants and teach their children where their food comes from. You don't need a gym membership if you're a Farmer!

[@oneatatime8677]

Water is so important to life. I am sorry it has been so difficult for you. What are the long-term plans for your farm?

[@scuss2]

@@oneatatime8677 Thank you for asking. It's only 2.5 acres. I have been on SSD for 12 years; my wife is a breast cancer survivor. For the last 4.5 years she has been getting 3 needles a day for 7 days then 3 weeks off for blood cancer. Also known as Leukemia. The chemotherapy drug when I looked it up online destroys Bone Marrow, so we can't understand how a bone marrow transplant will save her. We are both ready to leave this Expletive Earth. Her Hematologist says they don't know where this cancer came from. The doc got his medical degree in the country of Jordan, it's taught in Arabic and English, A traveling Palestinian doctor from another medical group sent my wife to the Barbaric School of medicine for her Para Thyroid surgery, on both of our medical records our religion is listed. We get chemical warfare, and we get to go first. Muslims hate Christians because we love a Jewish man by the name of Jesus Christ. Our civil war may be what we have for thanksgiving dinner 2024, when that starts who practices ICBM Technologies? China, Russia and North Korea, we will call this WW3 One of our presidents declassified in the last 30 years What is the Manzano Base. What is Idaho Nuclear Labs, same as the inventor Sandia nuclear Labs. Certain lakes in this western US dry up, we self-destruct. Our government took away OUR right to pursue happiness, then karma takes away theirs. My Farm is dead too.

[@scuss2]

@@oneatatime8677 I guess my comment was too long and Government google you tube deleted it. My wife is a breast cancer survivor, now for 4.5 years gets 3 needles in her stomach for 7 days straight then 3 weeks off. Blood cancer aka Leukemia. Our hobby farm will be dead in another 3 weeks. Can we the people take the living high on the hog food away from all politicians? Would be good thing.

[@americafirst9144]

Sorry you are being treated so unfairly. You sound like a good person.

[@scuss2]

@@americafirst9144 Thank you for the kind comment. My single mother raised 2 boys from different dads. She raised us like her family was raised during the Great Depression of the 1920's in the Panhandle of Texas. If we got a Christmas Card with a 5 dollar bill, we were happy. We didn't get toys like the neighbor kids got. Birthdays the same. My mother taught me at the age of 12 how to plant vegetable seeds, water them then can them for Winter. There were local farms in our NM city that sold produce (today the land is a Walmart Store). We could buy a 20 pound box of Tomatoes for 5 bucks then go back home and she showed us kids how to can tomatoes, Mason Jars, caps and lids, water bath. dash of salt in each jar. Sure, miss that today. She taught how to make jams, jellies, syrup from fruit, We canned our winter food supply. Not many people do that today because those farms became subdivisions. In High School in the mid Seventies, I had a classmate whose family planted a garden in their front yard instead of grass and their dad raised rabbits in the back yard. That rabbit pelleted manure is the best fertilizer too.

[@susieq725]

The long term solution is to stop sending water to California and Oregon and recharge the aquifer.

[@americafirst9144]

You ever hear of the Columbia River? That water is sent from Oregon to California. What are you talking about?

[@susieq725]

@@americafirst9144 I’m talking about storing the water rather than releasing it in to the river. We drain our dams way too early. I’m obviously not talking about natural water flows since this topic is about irrigation.

[@juliemiscera267]

I read something about mines there that use more water than farmers, but you wonder who has stocks or interests in the mines. Lots or reasons for corruption. This agency should be sued. It probably is an unelected bureaucrat trying for kickbacks.

[@reneemoss2487]

Sending prayers and calls to Little's office! I am a native from Idaho Falls. Praying for solutions for the good of All! ❤️

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

Your in our prayers.

[@oneatatime8677]

Thank you. We appreciate that.

[@caramoonlynn]

Thanks for fighting for us.

[@rlbrown1009]

Bless you awesome farmers!❤

[@oneatatime8677]

Be sure you call the governor's office, too. 208-334-2100

[@hhorse319]

This is terrible for family farms . To pull water from food production for battery builds is BS!

[@MrDepodot7]

Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken, and we love our farmers and wish them well. I am having potatoes and wheat bread with my cube steak tonight. GOOD LUCK!

[@oneatatime8677]

Oh, that is a great dinner idea. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@timhatfield6367]

Good job Sir... You spoke clearly without a teleprompter, and you didn't serve us a big Word Salad. And im pretty positive you didn't poop yourself during this message. Its pretty obvious you are President material. Hope things work out for you farmers up there.

[@davidboyce4306]

Trevor keep up the fight!! We are in the fight with you!

[@paulsilva3346]

As the population grows in Idaho so goes the water and Away goes agriculture 1:38

[@michaeladams9629]

It’s the population of the government growing that’s the problem.

[@dball87]

Thanks for the update.

[@oneatatime8677]

You are very welcome. We are so thankful for everyone that has and is calling the Governor.

[@lukelowe918]

Has anyone told the Golf Courses in Twin Falls area to turn off their water? Farmers should take priority.

[@oneatatime8677]

We do not believe that older rights should be cut off just because we grow food. We believe it is a management issue and are asking that a long-term management plan be made. Please call the governors office and let them know of your concern. 208-334-2100

[@tobagobum]

Who was there first the farms or the golf courses? 🙄

[@lukelowe918]

@tobagobum If there is truly a shortage, EVERYONE should do their part, not just the farmers in southeast Idaho. You would think the Twin Falls area would require people in that area to also be more conservative with their water if there was truly a shortage.

[@gundriver6439]

Mormons love their golf courses...

[@lukelowe918]

@gundriver6439 the Temples don't need a bunch of green grass either.

[@leoanzick7015]

Something has to change!

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

Yes, it’s called repentance for people to turn from their wicked ways and acknowledge The One who created all living things.

[@gmariet1391]

I hope youre posting on X !

[@Goodboy26611]

You want civil war?……..no food to your grocery story!!!!!!!

[@commieender]

I read they are using the Ukrainian funds for a cobalt mine in Idaho for a Australian company named Jervois that needs water. Maybe it's the real reason for the curtailment?

[@dawnlaugh]

I read that too. Cobalt mining uses a ridiculous amount of water and leaves the environment toxic at the end. Praying the farmers and folks up there keep pushing back until the gov't backs the heck off. This is the same garbage that is plaguing the EU farmers.

[@oneatatime8677]

This water management debate has been going on since before 2009. We have always come to something workable until this year.

[@oneatatime8677]

Please share a link to the source you found this info in.

[@commieender]

​@@oneatatime8677 There is too many to list to be honest. Try googling: Biden Cobalt Idaho Cobalt Jervois Science on cobalt mining( How much water is needed) EU Farmer Protest WEF - "You vil eat da bugs" Globalism Additionally, I would read up on our country's foundational principles and why we were a constitutional republic. In short it was so we had a true representative government with limited government powers and individual rights. In your families case this would be the difference from a leftist state or administration calling the shots (cobalt, EVs, mining) vs the farmer having rights (food, families, the people, WATER). This is happening though out the entire west. I don't think we have much time things have been accelerating. There is hope but we need to wake up. God speed.

[@sedg03]

​@@dawnlaugh idaho 80% mormon. LDS church ruined Utah w mining n irrig water greed. Now it's going to happen to Idaho. LDS are ruthless at destroying the country that gave them their own state to have their religion w freedom..

[@michaelfraser4396]

Check for big projects that demand water. They may be industrial, mining, or environmental. I had a friend who lived in Oregon who lost their land because of an environmental project. Make sure that you know who you are dealing with. If it is just the present players on the table, yu can probably find a solution.

[@oneatatime8677]

Water is so important to everyone. I am sorry to hear of your friends experience. We are hopeful we can have a long-term plan before the new year.

[@user-du5cm8rc2d]

God bless man...🙏 ❤

[@emptynesters2520]

That’s great news! Hopefully y’all make sure this scare doesn’t happen again. Sending our love and positive thoughts your way!

[@oneatatime8677]

Thank you. Yes, we need to work on a long-term water management plan for Idaho, so this doesn't repeat.

[@injesusnameamen119]

Prayers for the farmers 🙏

[@tommy3step809]

Im a Patron of Central Oregon Irrigation District and all 7 districts are Piping Canals because we are losing 50% of the water truned into the canals . Twin Falls Canal needs to be Piped so they can leave back 3-400000 acre feet of water in the wetlands . This would also create pressurized irrigation so NO Electric power for pumps Think of that cost savings

[@oneatatime8677]

This sounds like it is woreking well for you. We have been asking for years for some efficency to be made on the canals. We will see what happens in Idaho no agreement yet for this year.

[@monicamayer977]

Geoengineering weather manipulation

[@scuss2]

@@monicamayer977 Also known as a HAARP Station. Invented to use the weather as a weapon against other Nations, well, the back of my one dollar bill says "In God We Trust" This is what happens when God is taken out of Governments. Freshly planted fields in Kansas the first week of April only to have 3 weeks later a Tornado rip the seedlings right out of the ground. No water no life. Politicians don't drink water, do they?

[@stevendeus9229]

Here in California we have one county with dirt canals. According to them, they only lose 1/3 of the water. That county, Does not have. Has great of a of a AquaFer Depletion.

[@Sandra-cm1du]

Please protest the governor 's office. He must fight for ID farmers!!! We need you!!!

[@blueeyes2058]

Pls keep us informed.

[@davidadams7134]

I hope this gets resolved. Im in southeast idaho.

[@Mypioneeringlife]

We really need to stand with our farmers and protect the rights of the landowners who are feeding us and our families

[@i0dyne]

sustainability > profit ... Even if things are hard for everyone. It is not about us now. It is about our children tomorrow.

[@oneatatime8677]

Yes, it is so important that we manage the water we have, so it is here in the future. We are asking for a long-term plan. Please call the governor's office 208-334-2100

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

It’s all about being thankful for everything. Times of plenty and times of hardship. We must believe that He is ....who He says He is. Which is everything! Ask Job. Even after Job lost everything he said the Lord gives and takes away. Job believed Yahweh and had more after the fact than he had before. Job loved his Father, knew His grace and believed. Look up! Not around! All days are good but some are better than others. Just Praise Him and believe He will get you through no matter how it looks.

[@cajunnathan4586]

ITS BAD FOR AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY!

[@oneatatime8677]

Yes it is. It will affect many people not just our local economy. We are continuing to ask that people call the governor's office to encourage them to look at a long-term solution to the water management in Idaho. 208-334-2100

[@marilynmerriman2826]

Please tell us how to help! Im informing as many people as I can. Difficult explaining that our own government would cut off water to our own farmers. Love from NE. Hang in there. Please continue to update

[@oneatatime8677]

Well first learn all you can. This video is a great place to start. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@debbiee6535]

Thank you to everyone that got in there and you started yelling at Idaho for their no Farming and I say thank you Lord for lifting that band

[@randalldare4027]

I ll call tomorrow!!

[@user-vi8ry9hq8j]

We grow a lot of potatoes here in UP of Michigan. This year we have excessive rainfall, and nights that are still getting down around 40 degrees. Crops are rotting in the ground.

[@zachary4225]

They need to check out Moses West , he can help them out in this situation, he builds these huge dehumidifiers and pulls the water out the atmosphere, get a few of them units and problem solved.

[@realstatistician]

As a Utahn, this is interesting. All of the surface water is managed by the government here. We couldn’t even (legally) collect rainwater without permits until just a few years ago, and it’s only up to 100 gallons that you don’t need a permit for now. I know that Idaho has had much more lenient water usage rules, and I know Idahoans who leave their sprinklers running for an entire day just because they can. Sounds like that era is coming to a close.

[@gundriver6439]

Utah = The state where all the mormon ranchers grow predominately alfalfa which is a water intensive crop in the 2nd driest state in the nation...

[@leftturn99]

make no repression, depression, stand your ground and water always-the good earth

[@williamsporing1500]

Hmmmm….wouldn’t have anything to do with the cobalt mine, or meta building a facility there would it?

[@lonelypatriot9334]

I have wonder if the presence of cobalt in that area and the Dept. of Defense putting money toward the mining of cobalt has anything to do with this water issue. Takes a lot water to mine and process cobalt.

[@screwplanplaybook7121]

They are most definitely are investing money in the cobalt mine, worried about the cobalt being shut off from other countries.

[@S.Freud.]

Wow maybe you should have thought about the 480,000 dairy cattle over the Snake River aquifer pumping water 24/7 12 months a year plus polluting the aquifer

[@catherinequigley569]

I hear they're building a cobalt plant in the state and it will require massive amounts of water. True ?

[@belson8257]

This is happening now in Kern County CA to farmers who lost a court case recently which somehow gives the government the call on all there water. I don't know the exact details.

[@EclecticRedneck1]

Ill also be calling from NM every bitnhelps right?

[@oneatatime8677]

Yes every bit helps. We are asking everyone concerned about this to call the governors office and let them know that we need a long-term solution to the water management. 208-334-2100

[@karenshaffer1265]

Do you think people would rather drive a e.v. or eat???

[@jefferyschirm4103]

Water is life do whatever it takes to defend life !!!

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

Bible.. Gospel of John Chapter 4 verse 14. The only source of LIFE through Water

[@mattbrown837]

Spuds or batteries?

[@audreynanapreps2543]

Thank you for the link. I sent email.

[@iddddaduncan]

What’s this I’m hearing about Cobalt mines getting the water instead of farmers?

[@jesusisalive3227]

Take the water you need!

[@whats3219]

It's so crazy! What are they really after?

[@oneatatime8677]

The short answer is they are after our water. This town hall video may be helpful. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@dmuniz62]

I'm curious what the different types of crops are grown in your area. Theres seems to be some crazy war against farmers, and ranchers all over the world, and this really seems to be an extension of that with this. I live in Arizona where water is scarce, where lake Mead is drying up and at the lowest it has ever been, yet no water restrictions in this desert.

[@j.e.9017]

List of to-do's today: 1) Find friend to seed the clouds...force government to let out water.

[@tobagobum]

Seeding clouds have contaminated chemicals added to it. Not Good.😝

[@jmvk67]

Does this have anything to do with contracts for water cooling and demands at the **colbalt **mines? Just curious, it just seems there is more to this story...amd no one is digging for it.

[@oneatatime8677]

The mine is in a different water shed than this issue. This video explains the Idaho Water Curtailment. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@bryanphillips56]

When the government turns against the CITIZENS, who grant permission to the elected to operate in their behalf, what are you to do?

[@oneatatime8677]

We are spreading the word to the people. With public opinion on our side we have been able to get a 1 year agreement in place for this growing season. Now we ask everyone concerned with this issue to call the governors office, keeping the pressure on, that now a long-term plan that will manage the water to benefit all users. 208-334-2100

[@sedg03]

Vote em out. Appeal vad court decisions. Run for office. Do things legal? But put pressure on the problem.

[@rwarrior2542]

Simple fix guys. Vote out anybody who is in favor of taking away your water. There's your over night fix.

[@mikejohnson9118]

I passed this onto Jimmy Dore. He recently posted about it on his Y-T channel. Maybe hit him up on his show. He has ALOT of reach. Good luck!

[@pkrueger7313]

Exactly. Farmers / farms first.

[@tomellis7949]

Does this have any thing to do with the Cobalt mine near you?

[@oneatatime8677]

Alright, I looked into this. The mine is not in the same water shed. Lemhi county Idaho is near us. We sell some hay that direction. However, our curtailment is not related to the issues they are facing. I am concerned about this issue and need to do some more learning about it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[@brenth.hillier5796]

That is the only reason, the billions of dollars that was given to Ukraine was actually rerouted to Cobalt Mines in Idaho and they want the water and the property to expand mining.

[@tobagobum]

Please think total Idaho. What they do to you effects us all! 🤔

[@mr.t1941]

A real BIG DEAL. The cascade affect to related/connect industries to farming could be catastrophic. My guess is someone with a book degree(not using their brain) had a brain f*** of an idea, to come up with this water curtailment

[@scuss2]

Our government has a bad case of Drain Bramage!

[@oneatatime8677]

We are asking everyone to call the governors office to let him know this is not acceptable management of the states resource. We need a long-term plan that will manage the water so that everyone has what they need. 208-334-2100

[@diannaleigh9914]

Im concerned because they’re Pushkin g into Montana and Oregon. It’s scary!

[@eddaniels3404]

Buy out the canal company 😊

[@corriehordyk3342]

I am praying for a new government!! It seems to me your water situation is not all that bad! Try cutting off or back the water that goes to lawns, driveways and maybe even swimmjng pools We ca not est grass or drink swimming pool wster!!

[@user-jk3ht5hn3m]

Pitting one group over another isn’t gonna solve the problem, farmers need to vote for leaders who follow science. If not you can kiss it all goodbye!

[@S.Mos72]

There saving it for the damn mines!

[@michaellalanae7228]

I would ne building a private lake on the farm property.amd move water back and forth with water trucks,

[@debradelarue9717]

No farmers, no food. Control the food, control the people.

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

Then who fed the children in the wilderness with Manna? Everyone who left Egypt were not Hebrew! They were all a mixed multitude of different people. Only Joshua and Caleb entered the promised land and Caleb was a Gentile. Yahweh excepts everyone who loves Him and does His Will. Praise His Holy Name Yahweh.

[@LawrenceLudy]

The same thing is happening in California only worse. They estimate up to a million acres of farmland could come out of production here. I farm 200 acres with contract water yet I am only receiving 40% of my contracted amount. Lake Oroville , the source of our water is full and has overflowed the spillway this year. The Government seems to always find a excuse to let more water than is necessary flow into the Pacific Ocean.

[@1stbadger700]

No farmers no food. It’s not just a saying folks.

[@xaven199]

It's the cobalt mining and Meta building million square foot data center. Both major water consumers!

[@xaven199]

Meta building in Idaho and cobalt mining is there too. Sickening govern ment doing this deliberately to harass farmers. Sick!

[@jefflynch9559]

It has been resolved, try to stay within your allocation.

[@oneatatime8677]

We are within our water right. If we follow the current agreement we will not be able to farm. The state issued the water right. Then over time they have lowered that. To the point that now they are asking us to no longer water our land. This is not acceptable for us or our states economy. The issue is not resolved. We just have been given the chance to water our crop this year. This video will give you some history.rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@anonosaurus4517]

Can I ask - is this an attempt by Idaho DWR to regulate out-of-priority groundwater usage? That's what is sounds like. It's exactly what is done in Colorado and has been done for a half century. I am the engineer for well users in SE Colorado and we operate under very tight rules so as not to injure surface water rights and Kansas under the Arkansas River Compact.

[@steven4315]

Nice to hear a comment from someone who sounds like they know something about the subject.

[@anonosaurus4517]

@@steven4315 Yeah I don't think anyone commenting about this knows what's happening. There's a lot of rhetoric about it, but the facts as I hear them tell me that groundwater users in this area in Idaho are ignoring their wells' impacts to surface water diverters, which do happen and which have to be regulated under the Prior Appropriation system.

[@steven4315]

@@anonosaurus4517 It is my understanding that in large parts of Arizona pumping ground water is unregulated.

[@anonosaurus4517]

@@steven4315 That may be true, but that only means that unlike many other parts of the West (Colorado, New Mexico, etc), AZ isn't administering groundwater strictly under prior appropriation, and probably should be. But this is America, and we don't ever do anything until the situation reaches crisis-level which frankly sounds like this Idaho issue.

[@oneatatime8677]

@anonosaurus4517 I am not familiar with how Colorado operates. This town hall meeting may help you understand it better. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@1dash133]

UPDATE June 19, 2024: Water Curtailment Order lifted (Idaho Press) Groundwater irrigators and surface water irrigators have completed a deal that saves 330,000 acres of Idaho farmland from being dried up and averts economic catastrophe in the state. A mitigation agreement for 2024, brokered by Governor Brad Little and Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, has now been signed by all parties and has been submitted to the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR for approval. When the deal is approved, IDWR will lift the curtailment for all nine ground water districts whose patrons irrigate with groundwater from the ESPA. “This is a huge relief to our members, who have had their livelihoods threatened over the past month,” said TJ Budge, attorney for Idaho Ground Water Appropriators. “We want to thank Governor Little, Lt. Governor Bedke, Senator Van Burtenshaw and, especially, all of our groundwater district members for their sincere and significant efforts to get a deal done before it was too late.”

[@oneatatime8677]

This is just giving us water to complete the current growing season. Nothing has changed but that we have more time. The same people are in the room to negotiate as have been working on this since January and before.

[@_JimmyBeGood]

Nobody has really explained why the state government is actually doing this.

[@skeltane]

I can't believe this is happening in IDAHO!?!? Of all places! Really?? We as citizens are not safe anywhere!!!!!!!!!

[@judykelley5023]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Paul-dc6sp]

Let me give some insight from a guy who has lived in Southern California my whole life (61 years). My opinion is that this is about future real estate development for population growth which will bring in additional tax revenues as well. Idaho is a great State unlike California which used to be great but is now a disaster. A lot of people have already moved to Idaho and many more plan to move to Idaho. The State has to do long term planning, 20-30 years out. I think this is part of that planning. There was a lot of farm land in Southern California and they eventually sold out to real estate developers because the children did not want the farms and did see a lot of money for the land. I am not saying this is wrong or right, it is just part of what happens when progress shows up. We saw it happen here in the 1970's and 1980's when everyone wanted to live in California. Just don't let the Democrats get power or it is over. I have family in Idaho Falls that I visited in 2020 and 2022. I can see progress knocking on your door. Best wishes to all of you.

[@krazyinthekootenay712]

You have the Kootenay or kootenai River running through how close are you to that. It's massive water supply

[@lbeck119]

Not even close!

[@krazyinthekootenay712]

@@lbeck119 that sucks she's a big source of water

[@staceyschmidt3149]

It's the Snake River area...

[@SusQ615]

new colbat company needs the water

[@joezingher4770]

What is the government's claim about why they do this?

[@oneatatime8677]

If you would like to see the history of this issue check out this town hall meeting. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@dwaynegalvin8799]

Check the EPA...they own the water rights! Get used to being told where, when and how much you can use❗❗

[@staceyschmidt3149]

They may be _pretending_ they own the water rights, but SCOTUS just passed down a ruling about the alphabet agencies that should substantially change things on that front.

[@janh1399]

the ENTIRE thing is a bunch of bullsh**.......thank you for the update.....we are praying

[@nada7.077]

Why is it the east Idaho farmers have never once spoken the truth about what caused the threatened water curtailment in the first place? Why don’t you address the fact that there was a water use agreement signed in 2015 and instead of honoring that agreement east Idaho farmers ignored it year after year and continued to take and use water they weren’t entitled to?!?!

[@oneatatime8677]

A couple of farmers spoke about this at a recent town hall meeting in Idaho Falls. Check out the video link to see what they have to say. ttps://rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@jdebell7068]

American people need to stand up and take our country back from governments we need to show them who is in charge

[@mikebailey4506]

Agreement?! Jesus!

[@pacarter7169]

One suggestion… look into drilling for your own water!

[@staceyschmidt3149]

This is a situation where they're calling for groundwater to be turned off, I believe, not surface water. I don't understand how a _canal_ company can order that to be done. My understanding, per the Idaho Condition, is that if a person owns their land, they also own any water on their ground or below their ground.

[@oneatatime8677]

Check out this video were the farmers explain the situation. rumble.com/v52lhg5-weekly-town-hall-trever-belnap-and-andrew-mickelsen-water-wars.html

[@user-rq2yk3rr6v]

No comply

[@yumahawg]

Some were trying to tie a cobalt mining operation into this.

[@oneatatime8677]

Is the mine on the snake river aquifer?

[@danishamericanwarrior5202]

They are north west, but it doesn't matter. We are apart of the Palouse water Adjudication and they had all domestic wells file with the courts for water rights. Guess who filed it....Twin Falls Canal. This is all about the feds. The Cobalt mine has been trying to get running for about 30 yrs. and the Feds kept shutting them down. Now all of a sudden, they are given 15 miilion out of the Ukraine DOD funding.

[@zot2676]

Anyone in a suit or uniform is your demise. Hear me now.

[@jsuperman7672]

Come November, you can vote for change

[@screwplanplaybook7121]

Government is protecting it's best interest of the cobalt mine and the water that they want. Big picture seems like.

[@thinkitthendoit3224]

Stop staying at Twin Falls Canel Co.; they are a member of SWC and don't run it.