Groundwater 101: Some insight regarding a crucial resource By Emily Ellis eellis@myheraldrevie
I think this is a great article about a fundamental issue, groundwater, that Cochise County and many, many other areas in the Southwest are facing. This is being exacerbated by large industrial farms, many foreign owned, that are pumping groundwater from under land leased from the State of Arizona. Yahoo news has a good article on this and it has links to a series published by the Arizona Republic earlier this year: https://news.yahoo.com/saudi-firm-pumped-arizona-groundwater
BLM AGREES TO ADDRESS GRAZING ISSUES ON THE SPRNCA
Shar Poirer. Sierra Vista Herald Tribune. BISBEE — On Aug. 1, the U.S. District Court of Arizona released an agreement between environmentalists and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) concerning the renewal of four grazing leases and trespassing cattle within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. For years, cattle incursions to the San Pedro River have been documented with photos and GPS coordinates showing the impact of cattle to the river within the prote
