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practices, it also has to be shown that these applications can be implemented by farmers in the real world on a farm-scale basis. Therefore, there are also three on-farm demonstrations at PWSD's other farms in Logan County, which will have the farmers continue to work their farms with guidance from CSU. In this way, CSU will receive valuable input and feedback from the farmers about techniques that can work on a farm- scale basis. The challenge to this research is to not only develop implementable techniques for farmers, but also to measure understanding by the farmers that these techniques can still provide them with an economic use of their land. Other components of the CSU research will include extensive agricultural economic studies to assess the potential ripple effect from changes in the farm economy, e.g., effects to implement dealers, seed and fertilizer dealers, local businesses, etc. There will also be surveys completed by CSU relative to the acceptability of these concepts as the study progresses. The first such survey was conducted in the fall of 2007 and CSU agricultural economists are evaluating the results of that survey currently. This research on innovative cropping and irrigation practices, as well as the economic research and surveys, is meant to have applicability state-wide, not just at PWSD's farms in Logan County. By having CSU conduct the research, their faculty and staff can use this knowledge to forward these concepts elsewhere in Colorado to both benefit urban and rural interests on a large scale. There are a number of legal issues associated with this project, principally evaluating the methods by which transferable water associated with historic consumptive use can be made available through a change of use proceeding in Division 1 Water Court. However, none of the legal costs associated with that effort are part of the study costs. However, developing answers to the technical issues that will facilitate the Water Court water transfer are part of the study costs. There are no previous studies of which PWSD is aware, related to the topic of rotational crop management and the feasibility of specific and innovative irrigated cropping systems, other than some small-scale pilot studies operated by CSU that are the basis for this study. This is one of the reasons why the study is so important, in that it is developing data on a critical aspect of Colorado's future water supply by trying to answer the question of whether irrigated agriculture and growing municipal water needs can peacefully co-exist without harming either economy. Given that CSU is the pre-eminent expert institution in the State of Colorado on agriculture and agricultural economics, CSU is the logical choice to lead this very important study. As an indication of the importance of the study, the CSU study team includes 4 department heads and 15 faculty and staff members.