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r . " surge technology on alfalfa reported not having any significant or different problems irrigating alfalfa with surge, INFORMATION TRANSFER The Bent SCD, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service used a variety of media and events for the information and education portion of the Bent Water Conservation Initiative, Numerous news articles were published in local, regional, and statewide publications, such as the Bent County Democrat, the Arkansas Valley Journal, the High Plains Journal, and the Colorado Conservator, A sampling of these are included in the appendix of this report, The cooperating organizations sponsored annual field days in addition to speaking at surge and irrigation water management workshops held in the Arkansas Valley during the winter months, The following is a list of some of the events held: February 22, 1994 Bent SCD/CWCB Surge Irrigation Planning Committee Meeting--Las Animas February 23, 1994 Surge Irrigation Workshop--La Junta February 28, 1994 Bent SCD Surge Irrigation Program for CWCB Grant Cooperators--Las Animas February 23, 1995 Surge Irrigation Workshop--La Junta January 12, 1996 Well Users Workshop--La Junta February 21, 1996 Surge Irrigation Workshop--La Junta March 20, 1996 Bent Water Conservation Initiative Surge Field Day--Las Animas NRCS and Cooperative Extension took photos throughout the project that will be used in the professional quality slide show currently under production, Personnel also used these slides to create a display for the local fair and the 1995 Harvest Show, Cooperative Extension and NRCS personnel also discussed the project and the benefits of surge irrigation on two local radio stations (La Junta and Lamar) ,