Maricopa County Manages Mosquito in Fountain Hills

Audio of the article was made possible by the CAST11 Prescott Podcast Network. Production of Talking Glass Media. Even in dry desert months, mosquitoes can be a nuisance and pose a serious health hazard. The Maricopa County Department of Environmental Services has an annual monitoring program to install and monitor mosquito traps in problem areas […]

Feds give millions to desert water projects, warn a wet year is not enough

The waters that serve California’s desert will receive about $18 million in federal infrastructure funding, including major repairs to Imperial County’s first major reservoir and aging national canals, officials said. Announced this week. The grants and loans come days ahead of the federal government’s announcement of potential cuts or other changes to the Colorado River […]

Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water | National

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Native American tribes agreed Thursday with the U.S. government not to use some of their Colorado River rights in exchange for $150 million and pipeline project funding reached. A $233 million deal with the Gila River Indian community announced in Phoenix to save a river critical to a large agricultural industry […]