You might be aware that in much of Arizona (outside the Active Management Areas) it is perfectly fine for a foreign citizen, corporation, or nation to buy a plot of Arizona farmland and then mine an unlimited amount of ground water under said property to grow whatever they like and then export it back home … Read more
Thanks to the inept policy decisions of the Doug Ducey Gubernatorial Administration, the Saudi Arabian agricultural firm, Fondomonte, is still legally allowed to pump as much water (free of charge) as it can so they can grow alfalfa in Salome, Arizona to ship to their nation and feed its livestock. Apparently, the Ducey team did … Read more
Score One for Water Conservation in Arizona. During the 2022 campaign, then-Attorney General Democratic Nominee Kris Mayes continually railed against the lunacy of the then Arizona State Government allowing Saudi Arabia water drilling rights in LaPaz County to irrigate for alfalfa crops. Fast forward to Earth Day weekend, 2023, now Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes … Read more
Last week, several of Arizona’s leading Democrats at the State Legislature: Assistant House Leader Jennifer Longdon, Representative (and Senate Candidate) Mitzi Epstein, Representative Judy Schwiebert, Representative Marcelino Quiñonez, and Legislative House Candidate and Geologist Stacey Travers held a presser calling attention to the existing water crisis plaguing Arizona, even after the passage of a landmark … Read more
On August 16, 2022, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation declared a 2a water shortage for the Southwest states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. The reason for the announcement is the extreme drought conditions that have reduced freshwater levels at the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and Lake Powell. Starting in January, the three … Read more