Joanna Allhands
Digital Opinions Editor at The Arizona Republic
@azcentral's digital opinions editor. Boy mom. @purduesports fan. Sees truth in the movie Office Space.
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2 weeks ago |
azcentral.com | Joanna Allhands
How much grass in metro Phoenix is too much? The answer is changing, and it’s important to understand why, considering that most residential water in metro Phoenix is used outdoors — largely, on grass. Even a few years ago, the playing field was heavily tilted against nixing turf. The water savings won’t change the trajectory on the Colorado River, cities argued then. And grass provides important cooling benefits, particularly in the summer.
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1 month ago |
treefrogcreative.ca | Joanna Allhands |Kevin Mason |Robert McKellar |Kelly McCloskey
If Forest Service hadn’t messed up then, Arizona homes might be cheaper now By Joanna Allhands AZCentral March 7, 2025 Category: Forestry …in the early 2000s, a group of scientists and businessmen began arguing that forest thinning was too much for the government to take on.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Joanna Allhands
Two years ago, when the feds released a draft plan to limp the Colorado River through 2026, everyone stopped to listen. They knew the two proposed alternatives would not be implemented as written — the feds even said as much during an elaborate news conference at Hoover Dam. But people took them seriously. Now, two years later, federal officials have released important details on how they might save the faltering river past 2026. AdvertisementAnd the reaction? It’s crickets.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
azcentral.com | Joanna Allhands
Few people who watch the Legislature have high hopes for what could be accomplished this session. The Republican majority and the Democratic governor have been at war for the last two years, and many expect those battles to grow even more intense, now that Republicans have strengthened their numbers in the Senate and House. But we could be surprised. Believe it or not, there are a few issues (important ones, even!) on which Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Republican Senate majority agree.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
azcentral.com | Joanna Allhands
Arizona is working on new ideas for groundwater management in its major cities. But what does that mean for us, long term? We missed the goalpost. Most of Arizona’s urban areas were supposed to reach “safe yield,” the point where we are replenishing roughly as much groundwater as we pump, by 2025. But we’re not anywhere close. The state’s five initial groundwater Active Management Areas (AMAs), including Phoenix, still pump more water than they replace.
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We'll never remove every blade of grass in metro Phoenix. But proposals are gaining steam to ban more of it, particularly in new construction. https://t.co/5yPaXhXVkl via @azcentral
Arizona has been fighting for years over how to make rules for groundwater basins that have none - at the expense of other tough water conversations. https://t.co/KJMlQa4IwM via @azcentral
It does Arizona no favors in the long run when our elected leaders 'do something' unilaterally on groundwater. Because we all know that 'something' won't last. https://t.co/4O8Cln2TWy via @azcentral