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Brandon Loomis Catherine Reagor Arizona Republic A Wickenburg brush fire that forced home and school evacuations and a highway

The seven states that share the river's dwindling water can't agree on cutbacks. A federal agency that had sought a 20-year plan now seeks stopgaps.

Initially reported at 10 acres, the Yaqui Fire forced the closure of a remote federal park in the Huachuca Mountains.

Riverbank-choking thickets of tamarisks have long created a bristly nuisance and an environmental scourge in central Arizona and much of the arid West.

The Yaqui Fire started in the borderlands near the south end of the Huachucas, and initially closed a remote park. By May 15, the road had reopened.

Forecasts call for hot, dry and windy conditions in an already challenging Arizona wildfire season. Officials have imposed fire restrictions.

This wildfire season, brushy tamarisks, also known as salt cedars, are a catalyst for Arizona blazes that foul the air with acrid smoke.

Riverbank-choking thickets of tamarisks have long created a bristly nuisance and an environmental scourge in central Arizona and much of the arid West.

Brandon Loomis, Arizona Republic One more dry winter in the West is likely drain the Colorado River reservoirs to the point where they can