(Lisa Winters | Grand Canyon Trust via AP) This April 2016 provided by Grand Canyon Trust shows the Little Colorado River about a half mile from where it empties into the much-larger Colorado River in northeastern Arizona. Native American tribes in northern Arizona overwhelmingly oppose proposals to dam the Little Colorado River for hydropower. Phoenix-based Pumped Hydro Storage company is seeking preliminary permits from the federal government to study the sites east of Grand Canyon National Park. The Navajo Nation owns the land and wrote in comments posted online Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, that the proposed dams could negatively impact the tribe’s land, water, wildlife and cultural resources.
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