NPGCD News
North Plains Water Conservation Center Planting Dates and Plans in 2017
In 2014, North Plains Groundwater Conservation District (district) refocused and renamed the North Plains Research Field at Etter, TX as the North Plains Water Conservation […]
NPGCD Currently Achieving its Adopted Desired Future Conditions
In June, the district’s board adopted desired future conditions (DFCs) for each of the aquifers in the district, completing the current joint planning cycle for […]
85th Texas Legislative Wrap Up
The Texas Legislature ended its 85th Regular Session on Monday, May 29, 2017. The district followed over one hundred bills through the legislative session. As […]
Operation: Summer Showers for your water conservation needs
Operation: Summer Showers kit
North Plains Groundwater Conservation District (district) challenged its residents to take advantage of Operation: Summer Showers during the month of July. Operation: […]
Gardening with Less Water in Mind
North Plains community listen to Neil Hinders’ presentation on achieving a yard dedicated to xeriscaping. Cindy Rhoades won the $30 gift card to Canyon’s Edge […]
2017 Water Conservation Artwork Contest Winners
Dante Delgado of Dalhart was the grand prize winner in the 2017 Water Conservation Artwork Contest sponsored by the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District (NPGCD). […]
Summer Interns Join the District
In late May, two summer interns joined the district’s communications department, Jessica Fischbacher and Paige Glazner.
Jessica Fischbacher is a Junior Animal Science – Animal Industries […]
2016 3-4-5 GPM Project Shows More Water is not Necessarily Better in Corn Production
The second year of the “3-4-5 Gallon Production Maximization (GPM) Project” was a year of further confirmation that pouring more water on a corn crop […]
Funds Still Available Through NRCS for Specific Conservation Practices
Over $114,364 is still available to agricultural irrigators to purchase conservation equipment such as flow meters, soil moisture monitoring equipment and chemigation check valves. The […]
District Congratulates a New Graduating Class of Master Irrigators
A second group of truly progressive farmers has completed the course work necessary to attain the distinction of Master Irrigators. The 2017 Master Irrigator graduating […]