Gov. Katie Hobbs’ administration on Monday announced two steps to stop a controversial Saudi Arabian company from using groundwater beneath state land in western Arizona to grow and export alfalfa.

Hobbs said in a statement that the Arizona State Land Department had canceled one of its leases to Fondomonte Arizona, and would not renew three others that are set to expire in February.

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    1 year ago

    Maybe, but the Hohokam died out before the Columbian Exchange and part of it may have been related to a dry century.

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      1 year ago

      The Hohokam are far from the only group that have lived in those deserts all along the Colorado and it’s tributaries