Jake Tibbitts

Great to visit with Nevada delegation offices earlier this week in D.C. during the @APLU_Ag CARET meeting. In commitment to our land-grant mission, @unrcabnr & @UNRExtension embarks on education, research & teaching in communities throughout Nevada.

@JakeFromStateNV, Nevada @APLU_Ag CARET delegate & Bret Hess with Ag Innovation West joined to share their perspectives from constituent and industry partners!

Welcome remarks at @APLU_Ag CARET BAA meeting in DC, from Nevada delegate & National CARET Chair, Jake Tibbetts. As a CARET delegate since 2016, Jake brings experience in natural resources & policy implementation to advocate our land-grant mission across Nevada and the U.S.

Apparently, I was very enthralled with the Commissioners’ meeting today. Photo credit: Jessica Santoyo

Thank you to the offices of @SenJackyRosen, @SenCortezMasto & @RepHorsford for meeting with @UNRExtension, @unrcabnr & @APLU_Ag CARET rep @JakeFromStateNV on agriculture, research & education in #Nevada @APLU_GovAffairs #CARETAgIsTheAnswer

@unrcabnr, @UNRExtension, & @APLU_Ag CARET delegate @JakeFromStateNV enjoyed mtg with #Nevada Congressional offices @RepSusieLee, @MarkAmodeiNV2, & @repdinatitus to share how investing in agriculture research & education thru @UNRExtension impact our state. #CARETAgIsTheAnswer

@EAKoebele I get, and personally agree with, many of the concerns that folks have brought up in critique of Diamond Valley‘s plan. But that critique should not translate into sharing false information in what the plan does and does not do.

@EAKoebele I found the discussion full of generalities and half truths. The incentives to conserve under the Diamond Valley plan rewards people for irrigation efficiency. As Marty Plaskett noted he’s been able to increase yields while reducing water use by 20%.

who else loves the feeling of nostalgia?

@nevada_water Thanks for inviting me! What a great group.

It was a great talk on "Diamond Valley Groundwater Management: Policy and Process." Thanks @JakeFromStateNV, hope to see you again soon. #NevadaWater

@EAKoebele @nevada_water I enjoyed it too! Thanks.

@kaleb_roedel @KUNRPublicRadio It should be clarified that the 63% is not reflective of those that support the plan but those that signed the petition for the plan to be approved. It’s actually a higher percentage of folks that support but for various reasons didn’t sign the petition before it was submitted.

"Your land value is zero, you have no livelihood, see you later. So that wasn't an option for us." Nevada farmers and ranchers facing a water crisis are trying a unique plan to keep their entire ag community afloat. @KUNRPublicRadio/#MtnWestNews bit.ly/3LEEiht

@BeeeJack It should be clarified that the 63% is not reflective of those that support the plan but those that signed the petition for the plan to be approved. It’s actually a higher percentage of folks that support but for various reasons didn’t sign the petition before it was submitted.

Or this::: A locally driven process to sustain a rural economic driver gets buy in from 63% of those that could have done nothing.

Fixing the headline for @KUNC :::: A plan to share the pain of water scarcity sustains this rural Nevada community kunc.org/regional-news/…

@iLettercast You can collect water in Nevada, without a water right, from rooftops of a single family dwelling for nonpotable domestic use. See NRS 533.027.

@farmmandann @thinkgeoenergy Near Spencer Hot Springs.

@JakeFromStateNV @thinkgeoenergy Round Mt area?

With positive results from an MT survey, UK-based Bradda Head Lithium is now proceeding to a #drilling program for #geothermal #lithium in Eureka, Nevada. Full story here: bit.ly/3o6OcxN #geothermalenergy #geothermalnews

Tell me you live in Rural America with out telling me you live there….. I can tell you where every cell tower is in my county and where you need to be to get cell service.

@AggieLarry Morrill, Hatch, Smith-Lever (a hyphen makes 2 words one, right?)

Somewhat Daily Land-Grant University question: What is the threefold mission of the Land-Grant Universities, summed up in three words?

It isn't true that facts never change minds. They just don't change minds that are already made up. If you see your ideas as identities to defend, you twist and resist data to rationalize your views. If you treat ideas as hunches to test, you embrace data to update your views.