September 13, 2020 – As the owner of Indian Springs Organic Farm here in Penn Valley, I know the value of the water supplied by Nevada Irrigation District (NID). I’ve known it for 34 years. I understand the difficulty of supplying water to over a hundred farmers and ranchers, hundreds of businesses, and thousands of […]
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Op-Ed | Mike Pasner: NID Roundup Pilot Project is Finally Open to the Public
February 12, 2019 – For over forty years, 350 miles of the Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) 450 mile raw water canal system have been chemically managed with herbicides. Copper-based aquatic herbicides are dripped directly into the water throughout the irrigation season (April – October). Roundup is sprayed along the ditch banks and berms throughout the […]
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Mike Pasner: The Change NID Needs
September 25, 2018 – The upcoming election to fill spots on NID’s board of directors is the most important election in the 32 years that I have been farming in Penn Valley. On November 6, we will have the opportunity to fundamentally change “business as usual”. The current board majority consists of a gathering of like-minded […]
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Op-Ed | Mike Pasner: N.I.D. Transparency? NOT
February 11, 2018 – N.I.D. took one year to finally supply live streaming video of its Board of Directors meetings. During this year the water agency showed preference for dealing with difficult problems in the dark, behind the scenes. After some telling comments, on tape, they allowed transparent B.O.D. meetings. Yeah! After repeated testimony, and […]
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Op-Ed | Mike Pasner: Poison in the Water?
PENN VALLEY, Calif. June 26, 2017 – NID is registered with Nevada County agricultural department for use of 23 chemicals. That is 216.18 pounds and 4,665.01 gallons of materials in 2016. Since there are 62 delivery points, I am worried that the concentration at these delivery points is toxic to livestock, fish and wild animals. There’s […]