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Thinking about buying an irrigated small acreage? Check water right, soil type, water quality

Water – not a dry subject in Wyoming. Water rights and law, water quality, irrigation.

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Collecting precipitation data provides information for public good

Ensure you're not bitten when smitten by backyard pond

Featured landowners: Couple put conservation practices to work

How much rain didn't you get?

Installing water hydrants can enhance property, make life MUCH easier

Landowners can use techniques to stabilize riparian areas

To build a pond in Wyoming

What landowners can or cannot do with streams, ponds, and wetlands and the permitting involved

Wyoming's white gold and how it's monitored

Other Publications/Sites

Know your well (WYDEQ site with a variety of info on protecting your well, testing, etc.)

Recognizing and Responding to Drought on Rangelands (UW CES pub MP-111.09 )

Videos

Successfully watering your garden (Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)

Benefits of snow drifts (UW CES, Recorded 2003)

Green River Drainage Wyoming basins (UW CES, Recorded 2003)

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

Are you looking for a way to irrigate your small acreages

Ask Sam - septic tank and gray water for irrigation

Answering ditch irrigation rights, distribution questions

Drip irrigation system delivers right amount of water right where it should

Ensure your irrigating method isn't all wet

'Feel and Appearance Method' quick way to estimate soil moisture

Here's one way to build a rain barrel for when Mother Nature turns on the faucet

How much should a tree drink while dormant?

Keeping your irrigation system in tip-top shape will keep your plants happy

Measuring flow in an irrigation ditch

Newer systems irrigate small parcels, irregularly shaped fields

Rainwater harvesting

Simple habits lead to large (water) savings

Soil moisture sensors boost irrigation effectiveness

SKIP irrigation pattern provides greater crop uniformity

Test your nonpoint source water pollution IQ

Water quality determines plant health

Watering methods, common sense help keep water where most needed

Barnyards & Backyards Featured Landowner Article

Featured landowners: Couple put conservation practices to work

Featured landowners: Working with neighbors streamlines irrigation water

Other Publications

Small Acreage Irrigation guide resources (UW Extension, pub B-1306 Written 2017)

Landscaping: Water Requirements and Irrigation System Management (UW CES, pub B-1201 Written 2010)

Landscaping: Irrigation for homeowners (UW CES, pub B-1198 Written 2009)

Living on a Small Acreage in Wyoming: Irrigation (State of WY, State Board of Control, 2000)

Irrigation Water Measurement: Irrigation Ditches and Pipelines (University of Wyoming publication # B-583R)

Winter Watering (UW CES pub B-1186 Written 2007 )

Videos

The ins and outs of pasture irrigation (Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

The right stuff: Water quality plays big part in livestock performance

Woo-hoo! I (successfully) install a livestock watering pipeline

Winter livestock watering done right

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

Beneath the water's surface: What lives in our streams?

Ask Sam - placement of corral, etc to protect well quality

How geology affects your well water quality

How grazing management affects water quality

Proper well maintenance helps ensure a good water supply

Test your nonpoint source water pollution IQ

Water – not a dry subject in Wyoming. Water rights and law, water quality, irrigation.

Wise care of feeding animal areas, septic systems, landscaping helps maintain clean water

What is Water Quality?

When green turns mean - algae, cyanobacteria, and aquatic plants in lakes, ponds, and streams: what's safe and what's not

You are responsible for the quality of your domestic well water

Other Publications/Sites

Groundwater Contamination (UW CES pub B-973 Written 1993)

How to Sample Drinking Water

Know your well (WYDEQ site with a variety of info on protecting your well, testing, etc.)

Videos

Taking Care of your Groundwater: A homeowner's guide to well and septic systems (Northern Plains & Mountains Regional Water Program)

Tools

Water Quality Interpretation Tool (this site helps you interpret the results of a water quality test received from a lab)

Barnyards & Backyards Articles

Ask Sam: Water rights & responsibilities

Answering ditch irrigation rights, distribution questions

Water – not a dry subject in Wyoming. Water rights and law, water quality, irrigation.

Water right rules steer who has access to Wyoming water

Wyoming Water 101: How our state regulates our most important natural resource

Other Publications

Wyoming Water Law: a summary (UW CES pub B-849R Written 2003)

Videos

Water Rights and Irrigation (UW CES, Recorded 2003)

Guide and Resources page

WY Small Acreage Irrigation guide (33MB pdf file)

Links to documents referred to in the guide

Contact Us

Barnyards & Backyards
University of Wyoming Extension
1000 E. University Ave, Department #3354
Laramie, WY 82071
Email: barnyardsbackyards@uwyo.edu