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

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