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By Laurel Morales

Prescott Valley, AZ – Investors and developers will place their bids on a one hundred year supply of about 27-hundred acre feet of water. Half an acre foot is enough water for a typical home in a year. The Department of Water Resources came up with that amount based on how much water the town was recharging at its waste water treatment plant.

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – Carolyn Brown has spent the last two years or so following the Minutemen to film a documentary about the vigilante group that patrols the border. The film On the Line premieres Oct. 27-28 at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Brown recently talked to Arizona Public Radio's Laurel Morales about the Minutemen.

By Daniel Kraker

Flagstaff, AZ – The statistics from the southern California wildfires are staggering: 7 people dead, more than 700 square miles burned, nearly two thousand homes destroyed. What lessons can we take away from the devastation here in northern Arizona? To answer that question, Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker spoke with Wally Covington; Covington directs Northern Arizona University's Ecological Restoration Institute, and is a nationally recognized expert on forest health and restoration.

By Laurel Morales

Cottonwood, AZ – SFX: shower

When Donna Lay takes a shower, she's helping the environment.

LAY: I just turned on the water and it's going down the drain. My husband has cut into the plumbing and we've got two mulch basins outside our home and when we take a shower we're watering our plants (turns off shower).

She takes comfort in knowing that she's reusing her water on her yard instead of tapping into her drinking water source.

By Katelyn Seabury

Flagstaff, AZ – Host Intro:

At Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, a fleet of bright yellow bikes is now zipping around campus, as part of a new program geared toward reducing traffic, and helping the environment. The Yellow Bike Project has already distributed 50 bikes across campus, with plans to nearly triple that number. Arizona Public Radio's Katelyn Seabury reports.

By Laurel Morales

Flagstaff, AZ – As Yavapai County continues to grow, so does its need for more water. Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley plan to build pipelines to the Big Chino Aquifer. And pumping the Big Chino has many concerned about the Verde River. We'll discuss those concerns and other issues surrounding water in Yavapai County with a panel of experts and take your calls too on 928 on KNAU Arizona Public Radio.

By Daniel Kraker

Winslow, AZ – About one out of every four Native American adults suffers from diabetes that's nearly three times the average of the rest of the U.S. The problem can seem especially daunting on the Navajo Nation, the country's largest reservation. Diabetes rates there are skyrocketing, even among kids. In one town that borders the reservation, two outspoken sisters are trying to change that. Daniel Kraker reports from KNAU's Indian Country News Bureau.

By Laurel Morales

Prescott, AZ – SFX: SUV driving on dirt road

The Nature Conservancy's Dan Campbell drives down a dirt road through high desert ranchland a few miles north of Chino Valley. Many of the ranchers have subdivided their land into two-acre lots. Several residents have landscaped their yards with grass and trees. There's even a small pond here and there.

By Laurel Morales

Prescott, AZ – Water is a scarce commodity in the desert southwest. All over there are battles over water and who should have it. In Yavapai County it's no different.

By Daniel Kraker

Flagstaff, AZ – Host Intro:

What would happen to the earth if human beings simply vanished one day? That's the question journalist Alan Weisman asks in his new book, The World Without Us. Weisman will discuss many of the remarkable answers he uncovered tonight in Flagstaff and Wednesday in Prescott. He spoke about the book with Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker.