Austin Corona

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Austin Corona

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission voted unanimously to reject a petition by conservation groups to limit the use of hunting dogs in Arizona. The conservation groups argued that allowing the use of dogs to hunt mountain lions and other predators threatened endangered species like jaguars and ocelots. Hunters defended the use of dogs, calling them important to wildlife conservation, and said GPS collars helped keep the hunts safer.

2 weeks ago | azcentral.com | Austin Corona

Arizona recycles more than half its wastewater, the second-highest rate among the seven states on the Colorado River, a new study found. If all seven states on the river reused as much water as Arizona, they could add a combined 1.3 million acre-feet of water each year to regional supplies. Arizona could add more recycled water to its total, with new projects planned at several wastewater treatment plants and the possibility of advanced water treatment facilities.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Austin Corona

Arizona is growing fast, but its water supplies are not, so to stretch every drop, cities capture and use water even after it runs down sink and shower drains. The result: Arizonans reuse about half of all their wastewater, the second-highest rate of any Colorado River basin state, according to a new study from the University of California, Los Angeles.

2 weeks ago | azcentral.com | Austin Corona

After more than a year, the tiny endangered desert pupfish have returned to Ayer Lake at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. The fish were moved out of the lake as crews worked on the dam that creates the lake. Desert pupfish are hardy swimmers, but are endangered because of habitat loss and the threat of non-native fish. After more than a year of waiting, Ayer Lake in Superior is once again home to hundreds of tiny endangered desert pupfish.

2 weeks ago | rdrnews.com | Austin Corona

With their funding source under review by the Trump administration, states and the federal government are continuing a mission to better understand how much water flows in the Colorado River, and how much of that water gets used before it reaches Arizona.