Where Water is Gold: Portrait of a Transaction (2009). Meet Pat Voigt, a rancher in the John Day country of eastern Oregon. Join him and Steve Parrett from the Oregon Water Trust as they overcome tough obstacles and build a friendship that results in improving flows for one of the most significant wild salmon rivers of the continental U.S. (6-minute video)

“The concerns that I had when I started thinking about doing the water deal were, I think, typical of any landowner… diminishing your water rights? You just don’t do that.”

-Pat Voigt, Oregon Rancher

Balance in the Basin (2005). Discover why streams run dry in the Columbia Basin states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana; and, explore the stakes for restoring flows in collaborative ways that benefit fish, irrigators and communities. (6-minute radio story)

“Well, we are at a crossroads with respect to water management in the Pacific Northwest, and there's no doubt about that.”

-Rob Masonis, Director of American Rivers, Northwest Office

Rivers Without Water (2005). Find out how water transactions offer landowners creative opportunities to boost flows for fish in ways that respect the needs of irrigated agriculture. Follow rancher Delbert Hawkins and staff from the Montana Water Trust as they sort out their partnership. (7-minute radio story)

“The winners in this situation are the wildlife, the fish, the stream condition, me, the economics of the community; everybody wins.”

-Delbert Hawkins, Montana Rancher