Opening arguments begin in highly anticipated SPRNCA water rights trial
More water issues in Southern Arizona. This trail has been decades in the making. The wheels of justice grind slowly as you all know. At stake is an adequate supply of water for the last free flowing river in the Southwest. The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area is home to more than 400 species of birds, counless prehistoric and historic sites (including a National Historic Landmark), and provides habitat for native Arizona fish. The outcome of this trial will in a
Drought plan fight between Arizona farms and cities escalates
This is just one of several articles written by Tony Davis last week regarding the ongoing drought in the southwest and the federal government's requirement to have a Colorado River drought management plan in place by January 31st, now just over a week away. If they do not have the plan in place then the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will launch a legal process that would likely trigger a formal, federal management takeover of the Colorado River which supplies more than 40 perc
