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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - ~ .~ -..: - - "j "" . - "'; ~J ~- ; ~) 'c...: ~ ~ 'J .~1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS The acquisition of "state-of-the-art" information on very broad topics such as agricultural water conservation, irrigation efficiency, management and technology requires an equally broad set of sources and contacts. A large array of specific agricultural and irrigation management practices and technologies have been investigated for their relevance to the objectives of the High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study. The potential for each practice or technology to contribute to improved water use management and water demand reductions in any part of the High Plains study area are assessed. A high degree of specialization among agricultural researchers and others involved in the many separate aspects of water conservation, irriga- tion/agricultural management, and related topics required both acquisition of substantial documentation (the current state-of-the-art literature) and personal discussions with many of the researchers and practicioners in the field. The High Plains Study is indebted to a great many individuals and orga- nizations who gave generously of both their time and knowledge. Some of the organizations and agencies whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged are represented in each of the six study states and to single them out would be unnecessarily repetitious. The following agencies/organizations in each state were contacted with specific requests for help, and each responded generouSly: 1. State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Offices 2. State Cooperative Agricultural Extension Services 3. State Agricultural Experiment Stations and affiliated USDA Research Stations 4. State Water Resources Research Institutes xvii