A federal regulatory commission is giving people with an interest in the proposed Big Canyon Pumped Storage Project in Western Navajo Nation a month to submit comments about a pending preliminary permit.
As we wrap up 2023, and start a new year, we’d like to say thanks to all who supported our efforts to protect the homeland at and near the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.
Up to 50 people attended the Save the Confluence Community Cookout & Gathering on Saturday, Sept. 23, on the western Navajo Nation.
Ten rural families on the western Navajo Nation received loads of wood from Save the Confluence, thanks to an environmental justice grant for the upcoming winter.
A Save the Confluence Cookout & Gathering is scheduled 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Wilson residence in southern Bodaway.
Steve Irwin, owner of Pumped Hydro Storage, LLC, said Friday he won’t withdraw his application for a permit to dam up a parched piece of desert to collect groundwater on the western Navajo Nation for outside interests.