by Melissa | Oct 26, 2018 | Environment, Government
Arizona cancels water meeting amid difficult negotiations on Colorado River deal by Ian James | Arizona Republic With a deadline approaching for Arizona to finish a deal that would divvy up cutbacks in Colorado River water deliveries, the state’s cities, tribes and...
by Melissa | Oct 19, 2018 | Environment
Pinal farmers would have to fallow half their lands under tentative drought-plan figures by Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star A plan to protect Pinal County farmers from impacts of Central Arizona Project shortages now looks like it may take a huge bite out of the...
by Melissa | Oct 18, 2018 | Environment
How Will AZDCP Fit Into the Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan? CAP While Arizona water managers and affected stakeholders have been meeting almost daily over the past several months to finalize the state’s Drought Contingency Plan (DCP), plans have been...
by Melissa | Oct 12, 2018 | Development, Environment, Transportation
ADOT, partners protect native cactus before bridge project by Queen Creek Independent While Arizona Department of Transportation biologists and partner organizations prepare to replace the Pinto Creek Bridge on US 60 east of the Valley, they were protecting native...
by Melissa | Oct 11, 2018 | Environment
No water means no cotton on historic farm by Melissa St. Aude | Casa Grande Dispatch Nancy Caywood prays for rain. For the first time in the 80-year history of her family’s farm, the fields are empty. With no water allotted to them this year, the Caywoods did not...
by Melissa | Oct 11, 2018 | Development, Environment
Pinal County farmers resist abrupt cutoff of Colorado River water by Bret Jaspers | KJZZ In the near-term future, Pinal County farmers will have to rely more on groundwater wells. But they hope to hang onto some Colorado River water when a shortage comes in 2020, as...