Ogallala Commons

The final Ogallala Commons Playa Field Day for 2025 will focus on a plant that holds the world together—grass, the role of grasses as buffers, and their importance to pl

An ambitious “Water Conservation Reserve Program” concept to make water districts funding hubs for retiring irrigated agriculture in Panhandle and South Plains counties was floated during a panel discussion at a Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day September 17 in Lubbock sponsored by Ogallala Commons. 

By Jim Steiert

Frank discussion of a rapidly diminishing water future for the Panhandle and South Plains will highlight a Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day presented by Ogallala Commons on Tuesday, September 17 at 9 am at the Plains Cotton Growers Room at the Fibermax Center for Discovery, 1121 Canyon Lake Drive, Lubbock. 

Area food producers/crafters, providers and advocates are invited to the Ogallala Common’s Texas Panhandle Local Food Summit on Tuesday, May 14. The Summit will be held at the Pampa EDC Building Meeting Room, located at 200 Ballard St. in downtown Pampa, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Early registration is now underway for the “Stewarding Our Water Future” conference, which will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 21-22, at Amarillo Area Foundation’s Harrington Center for Philanthropy, located at 919 S. Polk Street in Amarillo.

Ogallala Commons, a nonprofit education and leadership organization, invites local food producers/crafters, educators, and the interested public to attend its Red River Foodshed Local Food Summit in Pampa on Thursday, May 11.