Citizen Staff Writer
IN BRIEF
The Bureau of Reclamation will take comments on the environmental assessment of a plan to let Colorado River water replenish ground water under a Tohono O’odham Nation farm.
The water – allocated to the tribe under an agreement with the federal government – would let the water trickle into the ground through two streambeds in the tribe’s San Xavier District, according to a news release.
The water would ensure a reliable supply for the nation’s San Xavier Cooperative Farm, which grows a variety of food and hay near Interstate 19.
Draft environmental assessment and comments can be obtained/made at rkonst@lc.usbr.gov or the reclamation’s Phoenix office Web site at www.usbr.gov/lc/phoenix. For more information, call John McGlothlen at (623) 773-6256.
Comments must be received by April 13.
B. POOLE
bpoole@tucsoncitizen.com
Comments may be made on plan will let Colorado water replenish ground water under Tohono O’odham farm