Instead of sealing four wells in 2023, the ranchers argue, a federal judge could have issued a less harsh injunction based on the assumption that no more than 2.6% of the water pumped by the wells ...

A lawsuit has prevented some Arizona ranchers from using wells due to water rights claimed by the Gila River Indian Community ...

More than $100 million awarded to the Gila River Indian Community is among the conservation funds totalling hundreds of ...

The Gila chub once benefited from the engineering feats of beavers living in the upper Gila River basin, whose dams created deep ... the human population increased significantly in southern Arizona, ...

So our water comes through the Gila River water shed, and it's managed by the San Carlos Irrigation District. So it picks up water from Western New Mexico and Eastern Arizona," Caywood explained.

According to KJZZ Phoenix, a recent lawsuit has prevented some Arizona farmers from using wells for irrigation and domestic purposes due to water rights claimed by the Gila River Indian Community. The ...