New age irrigation system installed on Flag Creek

RBC | The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the persons of Tiffany Jehorek, Meeker District conservationist, and Scot Knutson, Glenwood Springs Field Office civil engineer, and the James Ritchie “R Lazy J Ranch” on Flag Creek hosted a tour July 19 of the ranch’s new-fangled, “big gun” irrigation system. The automated, gravity-powered installation incorporates 133 big gun sprinklers, powered by a minimum of 90 pounds per square inch…