House OKs open-spaces bill that includes thousands of acres in Arizona
by Andrew Howard | Cronkite News
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is just one of the sites in Arizona that have benefited from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Photo by Cortney Bennett/Cronkite News
It’s taken two years stretched over two Congresses, but La Paz County should finally be able to get its hands on 5,935 acres of federal land for a proposed solar farm near Interstate 10.
“We’re very excited,” La Paz County Supervisor D.L. Wilson said Wednesday. “It’s going to generate revenue and provide jobs to some of our residents.”
The La Paz County land deal was one of nine projects in Arizona – and scores nationally – that got a final OK Tuesday when the House gave overwhelming approval to the Natural Resources Management Act.
