Rocky Boy's Reservation Conservation Project Photos and Videos

Conservation is the key to keeping agricultural and Indian lands productive.

Managers of Dry Fork Farms worked with Shawn Big Knife, NRCS district conservationist, to replace an old irrigation system with a more water- and energy-efficient system. View the following video excerpt to see more about how they accomplished conservation goals:

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Listening to the Living Land (WMV; 3 minutes; 4.7 MB; September 2005)

The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation farm replaced an old irrigation system with an efficient pivot through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. August 2005.	NRCS district conservationist for the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation checks a valve on the irrigation diversion structure on Box Elder Creek on the Rocky Boys' Indian Reservation. August 2005.
Parker Big Knife tries to lasso a horse on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. August 2005.	Shawn Big Knife, NRCS district conservationist for the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, helped design a new, water-efficient irrigation pivot on the Rocky Boys' Indian Reservation. The pivot was cost-shared between the tribe and NRCS's Environmental Quality Incentives Program. August 2005.

Last Modified: 04/10/2009