Quitobaquito Springs is a natural water source and sacred site to a southern Arizona tribe near the US-Mexico border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Today on the news, a report on the race to save this tiny desert oasis. Plus, plans to build a new desalination plant in Southern California were rejected after more than 20 years of debate. The decision has implications for the future of the Colorado River Basin. And, a federal judge has vacated a plan for drilling and fracking on Colorado's Western Slope.

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// Photo: A young mud turtle relocated from Quitobaquito's pond to a temporary holding tank. Different stakeholders are working to preserve the desert oasis. Alisa Reznik/KJZZ

// KJZZ: In southern Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a race to save a tiny desert oasis

https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1777833/southern-arizonas-organ-pipe-cactus-national-monument-race-save-tiny-desert-oasis?_ga=2.266969737.682127935.1652726445-1716198363.1651520670

// KDNK: A Koch brother’s energy firm wants to drill in the North Fork and Thompson Divide. A federal judge said no.

https://www.kdnk.org/local-news/2022-05-23/a-koch-brothers-energy-firm-wants-to-drill-in-the-north-fork-and-thompson-divide-a-federal-judge-said-no

// Rocky Mountain Community Radio

https://rockymountaincommunityradio.org