Duck land

[farmaholic]

What are they doing, or not doing, that would be considered poor land management?

I know of a situation where they constructed water channels(one with a control device on it) to connect three close "prairie lakes", which I would describe as "marshes". During the recent wet cycle a normally nearly dry area called "Dry Lake" filled and filled much more that it ever had in the past, flooding nearby pasture land and killed all the poplar trees surrounding the area. There was even a farmyard flooded and the quonset was in two feet of water. Rumour has it Agricultural drainage off grainland contributed to the issue. It is unnerving to see that much water in that spot with all the dead trees. But I guess the moral is the channel and control device were constructed and never really "managed".

[bucket]

Yup excelent water managers....two years running ....there is suppose to be a minimum amount of water there between the lakes. To account for evaporation....

This is a creek bed between two lakes....the upper lake is controlled with stop logs....

A couple years ago the upper lake level was dropped by 2 feet by an unscrupulous farmer...DU is the operator and didn't know what was going on even after numerous reports to them...

[grassfarmer]

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Yup excelent water managers....two years running ....there is suppose to be a minimum amount of water there between the lakes. To account for evaporation....

This is a creek bed between two lakes....the upper lake is controlled with stop logs....

A couple years ago the upper lake level was dropped by 2 feet by an unscrupulous farmer...DU is the operator and didn't know what was going on even after numerous reports to them...

At least you still have the two water bodies. Around here they would have been drained to pull a cultivator through so they get added to the crop insurance tally then growing kochia.

[farmaholic]

This land will never be grain farmed. It is only suitable for pasture, which is ok.

[bucket]

I am talking 600 acre natural lakes not sloughs....canals originally designed by PFRA....to supply water to Moose Jaw...


Sadly now the WSA is involved and its really turned into a cluster****....

[farmaholic]

Bucket, when you look at the size of the water bodies in my post compared to the quarter sections beside and around them, two of them probably are the size you're talking about.

What Prairie people consider lakes in their back yards really isn't my definition of a lake. Is there an area covered and depth that need to be met to qualify as a lake? Now I'm hair splitting.

[6V53]

They've got Brad and Moe making duck pasture as we speek.

[6V53]

Yep, doing the same as a lot of farmers do other than their goals for the land are different.




While I agree their management of the land leaves a lot to be desired I still support them in this area as they are the last organization standing against habitat destruction. Left to the surrounding grain farmers this mixed bush/oak savannah, slough and wetland area is fast becoming a treeless, waterless desert.

Grass do you remember when the Wheat Board let you haul 3 bushels per cultivated acre ?