June 20, 2007--Governor signs bill to protect San Pedro River (KVOA.com)
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano signed a bill intended to help protect Fort Huachuca, a southern Arizona Army base that is a major employer. The bill (HB2300) will allow Cochise County residents to form...
View ArticleOctober 21, 2007--River treasure vs. U.S. security (Arizona Daily Star)
The San Pedro River is a thin, quiet stream as it cuts north across the U.S.-Mexico border about 3 miles south of this Arizona town. Tucked out of sight from the rest of the border by towering...
View ArticleFebruary 16, 2013--A water dispute nears a boil in Arizona (Washington Post)
A development, planned by Los Angeles real-estate company Castle & Cooke Inc., is at the center of a fight over water rights that pits the federal government against Arizona's water authority. It...
View ArticleArizona Water Dispute
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, along with landowners and environmental groups, have appealed an Arizona Department of Water Resources decision to approve a Los Angeles real estate company’s...
View ArticleMay 13, 2013--The Latest: Pumping Arizona's rivers dry? (High Country News)
Last July, Arizona's state water board approved a large new development in Sierra Vista that would pump 3,300 acre feet of groundwater per year -- despite evidence that such pumping could decrease flow...
View ArticleSeptember 27, 2014--3 ways to save Arizona's water supply (Arizona Central)
We are benefiting now from past strong water planning and leadership. Today we need more creative thinking and action to avoid water shortages that will come. Demand for water in the seven-state...
View ArticleJune 22, 2016--How Arizona fends off threats to its water (Cortez Journal)
In 1980, Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt helped a water revolution blossom amid the state’s unnaturally verdant lawns by signing the Groundwater Management Act, which mandated that communities pump no more...
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