McDowell Sonoran Conservancy: Gila River Indian Community – Innovation in Water Management
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) was once the “bread basket” of Arizona. Then 19th century upstream diversions deprived the Akimel O’otham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) of their water, ushering in forty years of famine. Despite a 1935 Federal court degree on Gila River water rights, the Community struggled to put river water to...
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