This is shorthand for the aquifer itself. The Ogallala is a giant ... By 1820 the territories that became Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been condemned on maps as the Great American Desert ...

Seeking collaboration on solutions to conserve and extend the lifespan of vital water resources in the High Plains, the third Ogallala Aquifer Summit brought politicians and stakeholders from ...

The Ogallala Aquifer has been in decline since the mid-20th Century. After World War II, a boom in groundwater irrigation ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas. Decades of irrigation have slowly drained the Ogallala Aquifer. Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for ...